Brentford boss Thomas Frank said Thursday he hoped new signing Christian Eriksen would be in action within “weeks” but could not make a full assessment until he had seen him train.The Premier League club announced the signing of the Denmark midfielder on Monday, seven months after he suffered a cardiac arrest at last year’s European Championship.Let me just remind you of what Eriksen can do🤤 pic.twitter.com/K4dkB6ra6j— FPL Moh (@mohhfpl) February 2, 2022 Frank, whose side play Everton in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday, said the 29-year-old would train with his new teammates for the first time next Monday.”Christian has a solid physical foundation and has been doing all sorts of tests. He has been running a lot, training a lot, so he has done quite a lot over the last few months so his foundation is fine, but another thing is to get up to match speed. It is hard to say when he is available. I will know a lot more after Monday.”Eriksen was released by Inter Milan in December as Italian medical regulations do not allow players fitted with cardioverter defibrillators to feature in Serie A. According to the Bees coach, Eriksen’s debut is probably around a month away.”I hope weeks, a few weeks, but I don’t know. I am much more clever when I have seen him train.”🗣️”It’s impossible for me to say when he’ll be available!” Thomas Frank has confirmed that Christian Eriksen will miss Brentford’s FA Cup tie against Everton on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/evIhjdo9KX— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) February 3, 2022 Frank labelled former Tottenham star Eriksen as potentially Brentford’s “greatest signing” and said his return to the pitch would be an emotional moment.”We got it over the line and that was fantastic. The story behind it, I think it will be an unbelievable day the day Christian steps on the pitch. You guys have seen him performing as one of the best in the Premier League and what happened to him in June was crazy and a shock for us. The day he returns it will be emotional.”FA CUPFourth Round Friday23.00: (1.35) Man.Utd. (5.30) Middlesbrou. (8.00)Saturday15.30: (14.0) Kidderminster (6.75) West Ham (1.20)15.30: (1.10) Chelsea (11.0) Plymouth (19.0)18.00: (2.00) Stoke (3.40) Wigan (3.90)18.00: (1.70) Wolverhampton (3.70) Norwich (5.20)18.00: (1.15) Man.City (8.50) Fulham (15.0)18.00: (3.40) Peterborough (3.40) QPR (2.15)18.00: (1.58) Southampton (4.00) Coventry (6.00)18.00: (1.17) Crystal Palace (7.50) Hartlepool (16.0)18.00: (1.75) Huddersfield (3.50) Barnsley (5.10)18.00: (2.10) Everton (3.45) Brentford (3.50)20.30: (3.50) Cambridge (3.45) Luton (2.10)23.00: (1.95) Tottenham (3.40) Brighton (4.10)Sunday15.00: (1.15) Liverpool (7.75) Cardiff (18.0)19.00: (4.10) Nott.Forest (3.50) Leicester (1.92)21.30: (1.28) Bournemouth (5.50) Boreham Wood (11.0)***odds are subject of change
