Denmark and the USA excluded
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Christian Eriksen assumes a farewell to Manchester United. “That’s how I interpret it,” said the 33-year-old because he had “heard nothing yet”. Eriksen said that according to the Danish broadcaster “TV2“In the camp of the national team. There he is still undisputed regulars. At Man United, his time was finally extremely sparse. In summer, Eriksen can be free.
“Everyone knows that the contract expires, so I think that there is only one way,” said the veteran, who suffered a cardiac arrest at the 2021 European championship and found their way back to professional football via Brentford. In Italy, at Inter under contract, he had not been able to continue playing due to the provisions there. Professional sport with a defibrillator used that Eriksen received in the summer of 2021 is not approved in the country. After a year and a half in London and three seasons in Manchester, the “really, really nice time” will now end at the Red Devils, predicted the southern monkeys. He stands for United before his 100th competitive game.
Eriksen does not yet know what his next step will be. “I didn’t think much about it. I am ready to find something new in my head. I have not yet decided what that will be. I have nothing that I really want to try, so I will see what comes and what fits me and the family.”
Eriksen’s future plans: Denmark too early, USA too far
According to Eriksen’s words, there are certainly only two things. That on the one hand he does not seek a return to Denmark, where he returned to the youngsters of the Odense BK in 2009 at the age of 16 and switched to Ajax Amsterdam’s U19. After his farewell from Holland, Eriksen was the first and so far only ex-Ajax professional that reached a market value of 100 million euros-at Tottenham.
He had spent so many years abroad that “moving home would be like moving to a completely new country”. Eriksen emphasized: “We are not that far yet.” And if so, a move to Denmark would be connected to his end of his career. On the other hand, like many other football sizes, do not plan to switch to the financially lucrative North American MLS. The family is not going that far, he said.
The Danish selection meets in the quarter -finals of the Nations League on Thursday and Sunday (8:45 p.m./DAZN) on Portugal. Eriksen, if he plays, will then exceed the mark of 140 international matches. He has long since been a record holder of the Danes ahead of Simon Kjaer (132) and Peter Schmeichel (129). As a sixth young national player in the history of his country, almost exactly 15 years ago against Austria at the age of 18 and 17, he had plenty of time for it.