Dane not eligible to play in Italy with pacemaker following cardiac arrest in Euro 2020
\n ROME:
\nChristian Eriksen has terminated his contract with Inter Milan by mutual consent six months after suffering a heart incident playing for Denmark at the European Championships.
\nThe 29-year-old has been fitted with a pacemaker. That means he is not allowed to play in Italian football, but other championships do not have the same rules.
\n\u201cInternazionale Milano can confirm that an agreement has been reached to terminate Christian Eriksen\u2019s contract by mutual consent,\u201d the Italian club said.
\n\u201cAlthough Inter and Christian are now parting ways, the bond shall never be broken. The good times, the goals, the victories, those Scudetto celebrations with fans outside San Siro – all this will remain forever in Nerazzurri history.\u201d
\nEriksen will now be free to consider his options with other potential clubs, and has recently been in training with his boyhood club Odense.
\nAccording to the Danish daily B.T, Eriksen mainly focused on physical exercises, but also trained with a ball, although this is not currently with a view to playing for them.
\n\u201cChristian Eriksen is using the pitch for his rehabilitation\u201d but \u201che is not training with our team\u201d, Odense\u2019s communications officer Rasmus Nejstgaardhad told AFP.
\nThe former Tottenham man suffered a cardiac arrest in Denmark\u2019s opening game at Euro 2020 against Finland in Copenhagen on June 12 and had to be resuscitated on the pitch.
\nDenmark then rode a wave of emotion at the tournament, reaching the semi-finals.
\nThe playmaker spent several days in hospital and had a pacemaker implanted to regulate his heartbeat, which would rule him out of even going to a gym in Italy.
\nEriksen\u2019s departure from Inter comes just days after Argentina striker Sergio Aguero announced the end of his professional career at the age of 33 following heart problems.
\nThe former Manchester City striker signed a two-year deal with Barcelona but had made just five appearances, scoring one goal against Real Madrid, before being taken to hospital with \u201cchest pains\u201d after a match at home to Alaves in October.
\nFinancially, Inter Milan, who are deep in the red, will make some savings by parting company with their biggest earner, although Eriksen\u2019s salary, estimated at 7.5 million euros by the Italian press, was covered for a year under a FIFA insurance system.
\nwas a key member of Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s Tottenham side that were runners-up in the Premier League in 2016\/17 and then reached the Champions League final in 2019.
\nThe Dane joined Inter in January 2020 and after initial problems settling into Antonio Conte\u2019s system, was a driving force in their charge to a 19th Scudetto earlier this year.
\nEriksen was unveiled at the Scala opera house in Milan when he joined Inter. Italian media reported on Friday that the club planned a tribute at their San Siro stadium before a game in early 2022.
\nThe club posted a letter to Eriksen on their website praising his role in bringing the Scudetto back to the club last season.
\n\u201cChristian was a key figure in our march to the Scudetto — a team effort to which Eriksen contributed with his vision, intuition, passing, assists and goals, including some big ones. Against Napoli. Against Crotone, in what ultimately clinched the title. Then another delightful free-kick to celebrate the title at San Siro on the last day of the season,\u201d the note said.
\n\u201cThat is our final, happy, wistful memory of Christian.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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