Brentford manager Thomas Frank has revealed that. His phone call with Christian Eriksen in mid-December led to a short-term contract with the Denmark international football.
The 29-year-old midfielder has signed a contract with Brentford until the end of the season. He is keen to return to football after suffering a cardiac arrest while playing for Denmark in their Euro 2020 clash with Finland.
Eriksen’s contract with Inter Milan expires in December. Due to Italian rules that prohibit Serie A players equipped with defibrillators from training or playing on the pitch.
He chose to return to football UFABET in the Premier League. He spent six-and-a-half years with Spurs. After speaking on the phone in general with old friend Frank.
“In mid-December, I called him.” Thomas Frank told the Times.
“I asked how are you, Christian? Do you want to come and play at Brentford?”
Their relationship was strengthened when Eriksen, aged 16 year-old was included in the Denmark Under-17 squad. Where Frank was coached.
Frank never made it as a professional soccer player, despite having a brief amateur career as a midfielder in Denmark.
He began coaching with the under-eight and under-12 sides of his home town team Frederiksvaerk BK. Between 1998 and 2006, Frank coached at Hvidovre IF, Boldklubben af 1893 and Lyngby. All three sides were members of the Danish second tier when he was in charge of them.