Christian
Eriksen is set to back on the pitch after suffering a cardiac arrest in June
last year while playing in the Euro 2020 for Denmark against Finland. The Dane
signed a contract with Brentford, the club has announced, making a remarkable
return to football just seven months after the heartbreaking incident.

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Eriksen
signed a contract until the end of the 2021-22 campaign, Brentford said.

“I
am looking forward to working with Christian again. It has been a while since I
last coached him, and a lot has happened since then. Christian was 16 at the
time and has become one of the best midfield players to appear in the Premier
League. He has also won trophies all over Europe and become the star of the
Danish national team,” said manager Thomas Frank.

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“We
have taken an unbelievable opportunity to bring a World Class player to
Brentford. He hasn’t trained with a team for seven months but has done a lot of
work on his own. He is fit but we will need to get him match fit and I am
looking forward to seeing him work with the players and staff to get back
towards his highest level,” he added.

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The
29-year-old midfielder had been out of contract since he left Inter Milan after
not being allowed to compete in Serie A. Eriksen was fitted with a cardioverter
defibrillator (ICD) device; a type of pacemaker that can prevent fatal cardiac
arrests.

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Eriksen
has not played since he suffered the cardiac arrest during his country’s
opening game of Euro 2020 in June against Finland, where he received
life-saving treatment on the pitch.

The
team’s medical staff, as well as Denmark captain Simon Kjaer, later received
the UEFA President’s Award.

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Eriksen
began his senior career at Ajax in 2010, where he became an international. He
moved to Tottenham in 2013, playing in the 2019 Champions League final, and
then signed for Inter Milan last year.