Christian Eriksen’s career in football was considered to be over after he suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch during Denmark’s Euro 2020 opener against Finland. However, after a long road to recovery, the former Inter Milan midfielder now aspires to return to world-class levels on the football pitch after signing with Brentford.
On the winter transfer window deadline day, Brentford announced that the Dane had signed a short six-month contract with the club merely seven months after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing for Denmark at Euro 2020.
Eriksen’s previous contract with Internazionale had to be rescinded as Serie A doesn’t allow players with a cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) device on the pitch. The 29-year-old had to undergo surgery and was fitted with a pacemaker to prevent further fatal cardiac arrests.
“I am looking forward to working with Christian again. It has been a while since I last coached him, and a lot has happened since then. Christian was 16 at the time and has become one of the best midfield players to appear in the Premier League.
He has also won trophies all over Europe and become the star of the Danish national team,”
said Brentford manager Thomas Frank.
“We have taken an unbelievable opportunity to bring a World Class player to Brentford. He hasn’t trained with a team for seven months but has done a lot of work on his own.
He is fit but we will need to get him match fit and I am looking forward to seeing him work with the players and staff to get back towards his highest level.”
Eriksen has not played top-level football since appearing for Denmark’s Euro 2020 opening fixture against Finland, where he suddenly collapsed on the field. The referee immediately stopped play, and Danish captain Simon Kjaer rushed to help him and performed CPR on Eriksen before the arrival of the medical team.
The Danish medical team performed life-saving treatment on the star midfielder while he was surrounded by his teammates on the pitch.
The medical staff, as well as Kjaer were all honoured by UEFA and FIFA for their outstanding work in helping to save their temmate’s life.
