£60 million Chelsea target wanted! Pochettino makes announcement on top-class Sarri target.

Mauricio Pochettino is hopeful Christian Eriksen will commit his long-term future to Tottenham, with Chelsea linked with a possible move.

With Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri seeking to improve the midfield at the end of the season and add a new creative midfielder to the squad, the Italian has been linked with a move for Eriksen.

Eriksen is one of the most creative players in the Premier League and integral to the plans of Mauricio Pochettino, who is desperate to keep hold of one of his best players, despite rumours which suggested that Eriksen is all set to reject the latest contract offer from Spurs.

Eriksen is seeking a kind of wage which Spurs do not want to pay, and that has led to rumours that the likes of Juventus, Chelsea and Real Madrid are all ready to swoop in and tempt him away from White Hart Lane.

He said: “I hope and I wish Christian can be with us in the future but I think Christian and us we are so open to talk and we will see what happens.

“I think it is so close to the end of the season, a lot of time to talk after and I think the most important thing now, not only for him, is for all the players to be focused and try to achieve the things we want.

“We have a lot of big things ahead and we need to be focused only to try and recover, train and compete.”

Losing Eriksen would be a massive blow for Tottenham, especially as Pochettino is aiming to reach that next level and finally try to win a trophy or two. But unless Spurs change their stance on the amount of money they will pay their biggest players, they will start to lose more than Eriksen.

But moving to Chelsea would be a massive shock, as Spurs would not want to sell to their top four rivals and would much prefer to see him leave the Premier League for a move to Las Liga or Serie A.

Pochettino wants Eriksen to stay, so Chairman Daniel Levy will surely do all he can possibly can to get a transfer deal done.