Pretty clear Eriksen has made up his mind to leave and that's that. My guess is JM has come to terms with this and now wants him sold asap in January in order to top up funds for HIS choice of player(s).
The big question for me is where will Eriksen end up going? JM has said his first priority is to do what is best for the club which ought to rule out selling to a PL rival. But ominously enough Levy recently stated he is not against selling to a PL rival per se. Levy has also indicated that whilst there IS money in the kitty there is also a need to sell before we buy, especially, you'd imagine, if we want to buy big. No doubt this was the sort of thing JM wanted assurances about before he took the job.
We know Eriksen is keen to move to Spain, but what if RM are not up for offering a big fee? This whole thing has been dragging on so long it maybe the Dane no longer cares that much where he ends up so long as its somewhere else.
And that JM is in such desperate need to maximise his funds he's actually prepared to sell to the highest bidder regardless - even if that means selling to someone like United, City or even, nightmare scenario, Chavski.