Izuchukwu Okosi
Premier League side Brentford on Monday signed Denmark and former Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen on a six-month deal.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelEriksen has not played since suffering a cardiac arrest during Denmark’s match against Finland at Euro 2020 last June where he was declared to be dead for five minutes.
He was subsequently fitted with an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) – a type of pacemaker.
“We have taken an unbelievable opportunity to bring a world-class player to Brentford,” head coach Thomas Frank told the media.
The 29-year-old won the league title with Inter Milan last season, but the Italians and Eriksen agreed to cancel his contract in December as players fitted with an ICD cannot compete in Serie A.
However, the Premier League does not have the same regulations.
After leaving Inter, Eriksen started training alone at Danish side Odense Boldklub – where he was previously a youth player – and outlined his aspirations of resuming his playing career in order to play for Denmark at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
