That would truly baffle me if correct.
Don't get me wrong Modric and Iniesta are some of the most elegant and intelligent players out there, but I believe Eriksen is up there too. But he's also different in a very important aspect of the game, he's got a poachers instinct almost and is a veritable chance-creating machine.
Whereas in particularly Iniesta has had players around me to score the goals Eriksen is also delivering the goods himself. Continuously.
Modric is used more defensively these days but even back in his days with Spurs he wasn't exactly a household name on the score-sheet. He is a true magician when on song little Luka and I don't think there's many - if any - players out there with his vision and game-intelligence. He just never loses possession for instance. But he needs players around him to close the deal. Same goes with Iniesta, who's an even less frequent visitor on the score-sheet but perhaps and even sweeter player to watch. He's truly ingenious and perhaps the fastest thinking player of all.
I get it, as such you shouldn't use goals/assists as a pointer to judge players with so much grace and flair like Modric and Iniesta, but if we are talking about them in the same breath as Eriksen you should at least also consider that the latter is far more dangerous in front of goal whereas he also manages to knit Spurs together. He is alongside Kane their most important player.
This season alone the Dane has bagged 8 goals and created 6 assists compared to Iniesta's 1 goal and two assists and Luka's 2 goals and 2 assists. I haven't checked past seasons but I am sure you'll find the same pattern.
Add to this that Eriksen is a marathon man on the pitch, he simply never stops running and is constantly in the Top 10 runners in the Premiership. His assist and chances created stats are top notch too so I am almost as certain as one can be, that there'd also be a few non-Dane's that pick the Spurs magician ahead of the Barca or Real ones despite how amazing they are.
And Eriksen would certainly be the player that would suit Klopp's style the most out of the three don't you think?
Fact is if he continues down the path he is on now he could end up being looked back upon PERHAPS in the same light as Zinedine Zidane. Without the head-butts and the most spectacular of Zidane's goals too mind, but still, in the same bracket and with the same hairline. Zidane is still one of my all-time favourite footballers, so I don't say that without utmost respect, but that's how good I believe Eriksen is/will be.
