Eriksen said that Real is a step up but that he does not believe the Spanish club have yet contacted Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur will ask for more than £100 million for Christian Eriksen after he admitted for the first time that he wants to leave this summer.

The Denmark midfielder cited Real Madrid as the calibre of club he would want to join and did not rule out seeing out the final year of his contact and leaving as a free agent at the end of next season.

The Spanish club inquired about Eriksen this season but it is understood that they balked at the price tag of €150million (about £132 million) quoted by Tottenham. Real often ask their targets to make a public gesture or statement to exert pressure on their club to sell.

The Real manager Zinédine Zidane’s preference is for his club first