‘I didn’t expect people to send flowers because I’d died for five minutes’ – Eriksen

Eriksen
collapsed
during
Denmark’s
game
against
Finland
at
Euro
2020
last
June
and
was
subsequently
fitted
with
an
implantable
cardioverter-defibrillator
(ICD)

The
29-year-old
is
not
permitted
to
play
in
Italian
football
due
to
regulations
surrounding
his
ICD
device,
which
lead
to
Eriksen
and
Inter
mutually
agreeing
to
terminate
his
contract.

He
joined
the
Nerazzurri
in
January
2020
following
seven
years
in
the
Premier
League
with
Tottenham.

In
a
recent
interview
with
Danish
broadcaster
DR,
Eriksen
made
clear
his
gratefulness
to
those
who
have
written
to
him
or
approached
him
with
well
wishes.

“It
was
weird,
because
I
didn’t
expect
people
to
send
flowers
because
I’d
died
for
five
minutes,”
he
said.
“It
was
quite
extraordinary
but
very
nice
of
everyone.

“People
still
write
to
me.
I’ve
thanked
people
I’ve
met
in
person,
I’ve
thanked
the
doctors,
my
team-mates
and
their
families
in
person.

“But
all
the
fans
who’ve
sent
thousands
of
letters
and
emails
and
flowers,
or
who’ve
come
up
to
me
in
the
street
in
Italy
and
Denmark,
I
thank
them
all
for
the
support
I
got
from
all
over
the
world
that
helped
me
through
this.”

It’s
been
a
while.
I
hope
this
video
explains
how
I
feel
towards
all
the
messages,
letters,
mails,
flowers,
thoughts
and
everything
else
I’ve
got!
Thank
you
for
all
the

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—
Christian
Eriksen
(@ChrisEriksen8)

January
4,
2022

Meanwhile,
Eriksen’s
agent,
Martin
Schoots,
has
said
that
playing
in
England
would
feel
like
a
homecoming
for
his
client.

“Playing
in
England
again
would
absolutely
feel
like
coming
home
for
Chris
and
his
family,”
Schoots
told
the
BBC.

“Christian
has
been
treated
exceptionally
well
by
the
British
public,
not
only
because
of
his
top
football
skills,
but
also
because
of
his
human
values,
his
modesty
and
altruism.”