Published: June 4, 2022 11:40 pm
Last Updated: June 4, 2022 11:58 pm
Word stemming from the media late on Saturday means that Manchester United have joined plenty of Premier League rivals in the hunt for a soon-to-be free agent midfielder.
The participant in query? Christian Eriksen.
Danish worldwide Eriksen, after all, secured a return to English soccer this previous January.
After seeing his contract with Italian heavyweights Inter Milan terminated owing to Serie A’s guidelines surrounding the usage of implanted cardioverter defibrillators, a tool which the 30-year-old was fitted with on the again of his horrifying cardiac arrest ultimately summer time’s European Championships, Eriksen was afforded a recent begin by Premier League newcomers Brentford.
And to say that this is a chance which the Dane went on to take full benefit of can be placing it flippantly.
LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 02: Christian Eriksen in the course of the Premier League match between Chelsea and Brentford at Stamford Bridge on April 2, 2022 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by James Williamson – AMA/Getty Images)
Eriksen featured from the off in ten of Brentford’s ultimate 11 league outings, notching a objective and 4 assists alongside the best way, proving past any measure of doubt that he stays greater than able to slicing his enamel on the high degree of the sport.
With such type, although, has come inevitable hypothesis surrounding Eriksen’s future past the summer time.
The 30-year-old’s phrases with Brentford are as a result of come to a detailed on the finish of the month, with it at present unclear the place he stands on the potential of placing pen to paper on an extension in west London.
And, as alluded to above, ought to Eriksen finally come to the choice to maneuver on, then he shouldn’t be in any respect quick on suitors.
Both Everton and Tottenham Hotspur, the latter of whom the midfielder loved such a profitable stint with earlier in his profession, are understood to be eager to snap him up with a view to subsequent season.
Most probabilities created in the Premier League since Christian Eriksen made his Brentford debut on February twenty sixth 2022:
◎ Kevin De Bruyne: 42
◎ Martin Ødegaard: 38
◉ Christian Eriksen: 30The Dane stays to be some of the artistic gamers in the league. ?
— Squawka (@Squawka) June 4, 2022
And now, one more Premier League outfit have joined the Eriksen sweepstakes, in the type of Manchester United.
As per a report from The Mirror, the Dane ‘has emerged as an option’ for the Red Devils, amid the membership’s ongoing rebuild underneath the watch of latest boss Erik ten Hag.
The Dutch tactician is known to be eager to stretch his switch funds so far as attainable over the approaching months, with a view to including as many as six gamers to his ranks at Old Trafford.
The prospect of touchdown one such performer with confirmed Premier League expertise on a free switch is subsequently a extremely tempting one for ten Hag, who was left impressed by Eriksen’s type and need throughout a quick spell coaching with Ajax’s first-team earlier than his eventual transfer to Brentford.
One to keep watch over on the pink half of Manchester…
EXCLUSIVE: Manchester United join Christian Eriksen combat with Erik ten Hag eager on free switch
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— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) June 4, 2022
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