‘We have to do our job’

together the club’s best start to a Premier League campaign.

Eriksen himself has been battling with a stomach injury.

But, despite the team in general perhaps not playing their best football – and home attendances limited to 51,000 as they remain at Wembley due to the local licensing arrangements – they are keeping in touch with the three unbeaten teams above them. “Everyone wants to be in the new stadium,” he said. “But we can’t help with the building or put up bricks, so we need to leave it to the professionals, let them get on with their job.

“We need to do ours and concentrate on football. I can’t see it impacting our season.”

Eriksen, in Wales ahead of the decisive Nations League clash in Cardiff tomorrow, will come head-to-head with former Spurs team-mate – albeit for just 24 hours 2013 – Gareth Bale.

Three points for either side will mean promotion for the next round of Nations League matches to the top tier of Europe, so Spurs’ playmaker is determined to prevail over their old star.

Eriksen said: “Bale is someone who can always give them something extra. He does it for any team he plays for. He’s very quick, very direct, and is always guaranteed for a few goals.” in