Christian Eriksen said he is not afraid on making a return to the demands of professional football, but believes it could still be a “few weeks” before he makes his Brentford debut.
The Dane joined the Bees on January’s transfer deadline day after leaving Inter Milan by mutual consent in December.
Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest on the field at Euro 2020 in June and has had to have an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) fitted. ICDs are not permitted in Italian football, but there is no such restriction in England, allowing Eriksen to return to the Premier League after seven years with Tottenham between 2013 and 2020.
“I don’t really have any scared feelings about it, I don’t feel my ICD so if it gets hit I know it is safe enough,” Eriksen told the BBC. “I am not scared of the challenges ahead and the bullies in the game, no.”
Eriksen was a pivotal member of Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham side that finished as runners-up in the Premier League in 2016/17 and reached the Champions League final in 2019. The 29-year-old joined Inter in January 2020 and after initial problems settling into then-manager Antonio Conte’s system, was a driving force in their charge to a 19th league title last year.
“I feel like me so don’t see a reason why I can’t get back to the same level,” Eriksen said. “I think it will get more and more obvious the closer it gets to being in a real game - being in a stadium, being in a game, you get all the emotion and adrenaline from that.”