Christian Eriksen returns to action eight months after suffering cardiac arrest
Christian Eriksen played an hour in a closed-doors friendly against a Southend United XI on Monday, his first match since suffering cardiac arrest.
The Ex-Spurs midfielder Eriksen created a goal in Brentford’s 3-2 victory.
The Denmark international, who turned 30 today, joined Brentford last month after being released by Inter Milan.
Eriksen is building up his match fitness and the outing against the Southend side is seen by Brentford manager Thomas Frank as a crucial part of that.
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He last played a competitive match on 12 June 2021 at Euro 2020 for Denmark, when he collapsed on the pitch and received CPR before being taken to hospital.
The Dane was subsequently fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).
Eriksen’s Inter contract was cancelled by mutual consent in December because players fitted with an ICD cannot compete in Serie A.
However, the Premier League does not have the same regulations.
It is unclear when the former Tottenham Hotspur star will be able brought into Thomas Frank’s first-team squad, with their next match being against Arsenal on Saturday.
The upcoming game is expected to come too soon for Eriksen in order to feature him, with the 26 February fixture against Newcastle United being more likely.
