Christian Eriksen has made it clear that his intention is to play football again and wants to represent Denmark at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Eriksen has been sidelined since he suffered cardiac arrest during a match at Euro 2021 and subsequently had to be fitted with a defibrillator. Now a free agent, the midfielder says he’s back in top form and wants to show his national team boss that he still has what it takes to align himself with his country.
It has been almost six months since Eriksen’s collapse on the field, which occurred on June 12, 2021. The interview with Denmark’s DR1 marks the first time that Eriksen has spoken publicly about the incident on the field and his intentions to move forward. .
Eriksen plans to play again
In a video posted on Twitter, Christian Eriksen made his first formal announcement about his intentions to play professional soccer again.
“My goal is to play the World Cup in Qatar. I want to play,” Eriksen said in an interview with the Danish broadcaster. “That has been my way of thinking all along. It is a goal, a dream.
“Whether I will be chosen is something else, but my dream is to return,” he said. “I’m sure I can come back because I don’t feel different. Physically, I’m in top shape. That has been my goal and there is still a while. Until then, I’m just going to play football.” and show that I have returned to the same level. “
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“[The national team is] very important. I want to play for the national team at the World Cup. My dream is to rejoin the national team, to play for the Parken [Stadium] again and prove it was a single timer and it won’t happen again. I want to show that I have moved on and that I can play for the national team again. Again, it is up to the manager to assess my level, but my heart is not an obstacle.
Eriksen continued to thank everyone who supported him, both during his incident and in the months after.
“It was amazing that so many people felt the need to write or send flowers,” she said. “It had an impact on many people and they felt the need to let me and my family know. That makes me very happy. In the hospital, they kept saying that I had received more and more flowers. It was strange, because I did not expect people to send Flowers, because she had died for five minutes. It was quite extraordinary, but it was very kind of everyone and it has been a great help for me to receive all those best wishes.
“And people still write to me. I have thanked the people I have met in person. I have thanked the doctors, my teammates and their families in person. But to all the fans who have sent thousands of letters, emails and flowers. ” – or who have approached me on the street both in Italy and Denmark – I thank you all for the support I received from everyone who helped me overcome this. “
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Where could Eriksen play?
The only country Christian Eriksen will definitely not play in is Italy, having been released by Inter due to the country’s strict restrictions on playing with an internal defibrillator. His agent also ruled out MLS or the Australian A-League for “family reasons.”
From there, it is unknown, since his agent did not want to give more details.
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“It is too early to say where the future of Christian is”, Martin Schoots. told Sky Sports in mid December. “Due to a special regulation in Italy, which has already existed for decades, the only thing we know for sure is that it will not be in Italy. And it will not be on another continent, for family reasons. Some clubs have already contacted us a few weeks ago. We have “We have to see what the future holds. But it looks bright and that’s the most important thing.”
Former clubs Ajax and Tottenham have been suggested for obvious reasons, with Spurs pushing for a top four position in the Premier League and Ajax in the knockout phase of the Champions League. Ajax also currently employs their Danish teammate Daley Blind, who is also equipped with an internal defibrillator.
Newcastle United and Leicester City are other Premier League destinations that could make sense, while a return to his native Denmark could also be on the cards, as Eriksen has trained with his childhood club Odense BK as he returns to form. physics in recent months.
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.