Eriksen's return would be an uneasy watch but the moment of the season

Brentford feels a good fit — he’d be working under a Danish coach and alongside seven of his compatriots

- Dan Kilpatrick

SPEAKING to former colleagues of Christian Eriksen at Tottenham, including two teammates, no one is surprised he wants to return to professional football.

Eriksen is as down to earth a player as you could hope to find, someone who genuinely does not seem like an elite footballer but loves playing the game.

One of his ex-team-mates even thought he might have chosen to play at semi-professional or amateur level if a return to the top was not possible.

Eriksen is also a brilliant athlete and supremely fit, even among pros. He has barely suffered from injuries and would regularly cover more ground than anyone else in Mauricio Pochettino’s hard-running Tottenham side.

The 29-year-old is training with Ajax’s youth team until he finds a new club and is said to have surprised everyone with his fitness levels, despite having not played competitively since suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch during Denmark’s Euro 2020 match against Finland in June.