Eriksen Earns Recall To Denmark National Team After EURO 2020 Debacle
Christian Eriksen has been recalled to the Denmark squad for the first time since suffering a cardiac arrest at last summer's European championships.
The 30-year-old last played for Denmark in their opening game at EURO 2020 when he suffered a cardiac arrest and had his heart fitted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator device which prevented him from playing for Inter Milan and had his contract with the Italian champions mutually terminated as a result.
After eight months out, Eriksen signed a short-term deal with Brentford in the January transfer window and made his comeback for the Bees last month.
Eriksen has since made three appearances for Thomas Frank's side and has provided one assist so far.
The former Ajax Amsterdam playmaker has been named in the Denmark squad for friendly matches against Netherlands and Serbia later this month.
Eriksen has hopes of playing at the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup, telling Danish channel DR1 back in January: "My goal is to play in the World Cup in Qatar."
"I want to play. That's been my mindset all along.
"It's a goal, a dream, whether I'll be picked is another thing. But it's my dream to come back.
"I'm sure I can come back because I don't feel any different. Physically, I'm back in top shape.
"That's been my goal, and it's still some time away, so until then I'm just going to play football and prove that I'm back at the same level.
Eriksen, who has 109 caps and 36 goals for Denmark, played at the 2010 and 2018 FIFA World Cups.
