Tottenham star Christian Eriksen has been told to go to Manchester United.

The Danish international is out of contract in the summer and is available for a modest fee this winter.

Spurs want to recoup some funds for Eriksen, as he is not going to renew his deal.

But former Liverpool and Real Madrid star Steve McManaman thinks he should go to Old Trafford, not the Santiago Bernabeu.

"It will be interesting to see how the situations with Christian Eriksen and Paul Pogba pan out, and whether my old club Real Madrid show an interest in either of them," McManaman told horseracing.net.

"With what Pogba has shown in England, I know Real Madrid have gone cold on him but I know that Zinedine Zidane likes him.

"However I don't think that signing him is a necessity now for Real Madrid.

"Firstly, he hasn't really played this season and secondly there's a load of baggage around him which Real Madrid probably don't need at this minute in time.

"Real Madrid have to do some in-house clearing themselves.

"Eriksen on the other hand is going to be available on a free contract at the end of the season, so you're getting an experience player as a bargain.

"If he wants to stay in this country then Manchester United would be a natural fit for him, but if he wants to go to Italy or Spain then certainly somebody will take him because if he wants to go to Spain he can sign a contract now and go at the end of the season.

"It all depends on his personal opinion. Whether he's good enough to play for Real Madrid is a different matter, because the midfield they've got are in good form at the moment."

"I saw against Getafe that they were back to the midfield three of Casemiro, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric and of course Valverde is also there who's playing really well, so they've got a number of players in that area already."