Christian Eriksen on his way back - Where?
Christian Eriksen wants to play for the Danish national team again.

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After his collapse in the European Championship, Christian Eriksen wants to go to the World Cup in Qatar. But in order to offer an alternative to the strong Danish national team, he has to collect match training at the highest level. The search for a suitable club is in full swing.

He was the center of transformation for the Danish national team and the most important player on the field – and now Christian Eriksen has to recommend himself once again for his country’s selection ahead of the World Cup in Qatar. After nearly seven months of a dramatic meltdown in the European Championship group match against Finland, the midfielder is working hard on his comeback.

His contract with Inter Milan has been terminated because he is not allowed to play in Italy with a pacemaker. Where is the national player’s journey 109 times heading? Less than eleven months before the World Cup, this is still not clear. Eriksen recently maintained his fitness at FC Chiasso, but a commitment to the Ticino Promotion League is, of course, unimaginable.

“My goal is to be in the World Cup in Qatar. I want to play.” Those words from Eriksen’s first interview since the collapse leave no doubt that the 29-year-old wants to return to the stage of big football. But he also knows that after months of not practicing matches, there is a long way to go. , A dream. Whether I will run after that is another matter. But he confirmed in the interview published by the Danish radio DR a few days ago. Physically he is in the best condition. And: “My heart is not a hindrance.”

“I thought I’d never play again”

Flashback until June 12, 2021. For the first time in football history, the Danish men’s national team plays in a European Championship in their country. All three Danish group matches will take place at the Parken Arena in Copenhagen, with their first match being against Underdog Finland. Nearly three decades after the sudden coup in 1992, the Danes are dreaming of another European title. Eriksen feels great and sings the Danish national anthem with thousands of fans.

EM drama takes place in the 43rd minute. After a throw-in, Eriksen suddenly falls to the ground and remains lifeless. The heart of former Dortmund teammate Thomas Delaney, RB Leipzig striker Josef Poulsen and many other Danes enjoying the Bundesliga experience stopped without warning.



Speeding rescue workers were able to revive Eriksen and save his life, while his team protects him and emergency workers. Spectators on the field, players around Denmark captain Simon Kjaer, Eriksen’s family and millions of fans at home received a comfort message after grueling minutes: Eriksen is conscious once again. Shortly thereafter, his team can face him, already watching the last 20 minutes of the game in a hospital bed. It was later fitted with a defibrillator that could send shocks in emergency situations.

Eriksen had already written off his football career for a moment. “In the ambulance I thought: keep my shoes. it’s over. “I won’t play football anymore,” he said in an interview with the doctor. After months of quiet with the family and beginning advanced training at his youth club Odense BK, it is clear to him that he must continue – at the highest level so that he can recommend himself to the strong Danish national team.



Hagolemand does not rule out the return of Nati

National coach Kasper Hjolmand will be delighted if this year the Danish footballer returns to the team. The former Mainz coach said that with his old class he could play for all the teams in the world – including the Danish national team. “All teams that have Christian Eriksen at his best on the pitch have a player to count on, a player of the highest European level in that position.”

Next time Hjulmand will collect the Danish selection from March 21-29, according to plan. If Eriksen wants to present himself by then, he has to find a new club as soon as possible and get back to his top level there.



Originating from the small Danish town of Middelvart, Eriksen moved to Odense as a youngster and from there to Ajax Amsterdam when he was 16, where he was a three-time Dutch champion from 2011 to 2013. Then followed a move to the Premier League at Tottenham Hotspur. . Eriksen became Italian champion with Inter in 2021.

Back to Ajax or Tottenham?

Now the Dane is without a club — “unemployed for the first time in my life,” he says. A year ago, the top clubs might have queued for the prospect of his signature in this case. and now? “We’ll make a decision as a family,” Eriksen said simply.

And his advisor announced in December that several clubs had knocked on the door. A return to Ajax or Tottenham is considered by many as a possible option. Denmark’s TV2 football expert, Mads Juncker, also has three other clubs on the list: Paris Saint-Germain, Newcastle United – and Bayern Munich. Eriksen could bolster Munich’s central midfield, with Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka facing little competition, the oracle of Juncker. So, will Eriksen soon be in the Bundesliga for the first time? wait.

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