A Manchester United spotter has revealed the order's scouting department has been "crazy" about Christian Eriksen for "several years".

The Denmark international, 30, recently signed a three-year deal with United after leaving Brentford earlier this summer. He joined the Bees on a brusk-term contract in February and played a crucial function in keeping them in the Premier League, making 11 appearances.

Eriksen is regarded as ane of the all-time playmakers in European football game, winning three Eredivisie titles at Ajax and Serie A with Inter Milan. He is vastly experienced, playing over 750 senior games for club and country over the last 13 years.

Eriksen is best remembered for his six-and-a-half-year spell at Tottenham, helping them reach the Champions League final and end 2nd in the Premier League. During his time at Spurs and Brentford, he wracked upward 52 goals and 71 assists in the English top-flight.

As such, it'due south no surprise new United manager Erik ten Hag was eager to bring Eriksen to Sometime Trafford. According to United's Danish scout Tommy Moller Nielsen, the social club have been monitoring the player's career for some fourth dimension and are glad to finally get their man.

"You hear all the time that people are happy and excited," Moller Nielsen told Tipsbladet, via Sport Witness. "At present at that place is finally a Dane and then information technology's besides Christian Eriksen. No one talks nearly his injuries. People are looking forward to it and looking frontward to information technology. A lot of people came in and said, 'that was corking'. It'southward a Dane who comes to a big social club. Information technology's heady."

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Moller Neilsen went on to say: "I'm the first squad scout, and then we're talking about all players we're going to buy. Especially when he's from Denmark. He hasn't played here [Denmark] for many years, and the English language scouts know him more from everyday life than I do.

"Of class, I cover all the internationals, only that's something else. Simply of course, things get talked about, it does with all players nosotros buy. That's what we have that department hither for. So, we've talked about him."

Eriksen's life was in danger later he suffered a cardiac arrest at Euro 2020 concluding summer. He was unable to carry on playing at Inter after having an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) fitted, a device that can kicking-first his eye if necessary.

Serie A rules practise not let those with an ICD fitted to play. Inter cancelled Eriksen's contract in Dec to allow his career to resume elsewhere and he'south since re-established himself equally one of the Premier League's finest attacking talents.

Moller Neilsen added: "Our English language scouts have been crazy most him for several years, because he delivers. He has a very good level. The meliorate the players he plays with, the better he will be. It is clearly an important gene he has delivered over a longer period of time. It has played a role in this signing.

"Then the coach knows him too. During his rehab, he trained at Ajax. On top of being a good thespian, he is a likeable person who they know tin accept the pressure of the Premier League. Everyone at the club and all the fans are very happy with the signing."

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