Was under the most valuable clubless
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Well -known new addition to the Bundesliga: Christian Eriksen (33) signed at VfL Wolfsburg. The offensive midfielder received a working paper by 2027. Since his end of the contract with Manchester United, the Danish international was without a club. With a market value of 4 million euros, it was one of the most valuable clubless worldwide. Eriksen had also recently been traded loosely at Bayer Leverkusen.
Sports director Peter Christiansen threaded the deal for the arches, who is like Eriksen Dane. “We are very happy that this option has opened up for us at short notice. With Christian Eriksen we get a player who has seen and experienced everything at the highest level. His enormous experience, his playful class and his personality in particular will give our young players valuable impulses. We have deliberately made structural changes this summer and committed numerous talents with great potential. For our team that can make the difference on and off the square, ”said sports director Sebastian Schindzielorz.
Eriksen, who receives the number 24, indicated his transfer: “For me, VfL Wolfsburg is the first stop in the Bundesliga – I’m very much looking forward to this new adventure. I am convinced that we can make a difference in Wolfsburg. The conversations with those responsible were very good. I immediately felt that Paul Simonis had a clear idea for the team and also for me. Known faces stand in the squad makes VfL particularly attractive for me. ”
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Eriksen last kept fit at Malmö FF after his working paper had expired at MAN United at the end of June. For him, the Bundesliga is the third of the top 5 leagues after the Premier League and Serie A, in which he becomes active.
In the Lower Saxony, Eriksen, with 144 games of Danish record players, meets other compatriots. With him, six Danes are now part of the VfL squad. Eriksen is also the 17th Danish professional in club history.
Eriksen contested the most missions in his career for Tottenham Hotspur (305), followed by Ajax Amsterdam (163) and the Red Devils (107). He held the highest market value in 2019 with EUR 100 million. Eriksen has been playing with a defibrillator since 2021, which was implanted against Finland after a cardiac arrest in the first group game of the Danish national team at the 2021 European Championship. In some countries, he can no longer play football professionally, but in Germany he can. Daley Blind was also active with a defibrillator at FC Bayern.