You can’t keep Christian Eriksen away from football. Even though his Inter contract was terminated because the rules in Italy won’t allow anyone with an internal defibrillator to play professional football. But it doesn’t mean that the former Ajax and Tottenham midfielder can’t train! Swiss club FC Chiasso invited the Dane to train with them and keep fit while he continues to search for a way back into the pro game.Al Comunale di Chiasso🇨🇭si allena Christian #Eriksen Sognando #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/KIy10wDPKC— franco vanni (@franvanni) January 5, 2022 It’s great news to see the familiar face kick the ball around and enjoy himself on the pitch. He’s been practising free kicks by himself after the club and the Chiasso mayor Bruno Arrigoni personally arranged for the footballer to come to the Stadio Comunale Riva IV.”Football Club Chiasso 2005 SA is pleased to announce that the Danish champion Christian Eriksen trained in Chiasso for a few days. The club is proud to have hosted a champion of the calibre of Eriksen capable over the years of playing over 500 games in the Dutch, English and Italian leagues, scoring 114 goals. We wish Christian the best for his personal and professional future.”Thursday, 1.2:30: (7.75) Bologna (4.50) Inter (1.48)Eriksen’s agent Martin Schoots is optimistic about his protege’s chances of returning to the sport full-time.”It is going really well for Christian. He had all the medical checks just before Christmas and the results were so good that we expect him to be involved in a group training with a team sometime later in January. But I would prefer Christian to talk about this himself and he will do so very soon.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Christian Eriksen (@chriseriksen8) The Danish ace gave us all an almighty scare last year when he collapsed onto the pitch in Copenhagen. It was a miracle that he even survived. In the months that followed, Eriksen underwent thorough medical examinations to see if his heart would allow him to play football again. He never lacked ambitions and he recently confirmed that his sights are firmly on the biggest tournament of all – the upcoming World Cup.”I want to play football. There’s no reason not to do that. The doctors have said fine. They’ve said it’s ‘good’. So everything is stable, and it feels like I’ve got the green light to play football again. My goal is to play in the World Cup in Qatar. Whether I can get selected is something entirely different – but I can come back.”He has no fear regarding his health. When a Danish reporter asked him in an exclusive interview whether he’s scared of his heart betraying him again – he said no.”Not in the slightest. At first, I was cautious. How much could my heart tolerate now? I wanted to test it. But I have been cleared and monitored and tested as much as possible. I’m not afraid it will happen again.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by F.C. Chiasso_official (@fcchiasso_official) Eriksen takes comfort from having the device to monitor his heart, in the event something similar should happen again.”Worst case, if it happens again, this thing helps me right away. It’s very reassuring to realise you’ve got something. On the off chance it happens again, you’ve got something that will help you. People can stop worrying because I don’t plan to collapse again.”What we can say for sure is that Eriksen will be aiming for a competition a bit more reputable than the Swiss third division. Either way, it’s great to see him on the pitch again.
