Christian Eriksen

[Candreva Crosses]

Well, we aren't saving a ton with Eriksen <-> Calhanoglu salary swap (as Eriksen salary as tax reduction). Eriksen with Inzaghi could have been very interesting to see and he would probably used Eriksen better than Conte. So I don't agree with that.

That's true about him playing with Inzaghi. But if we were to offload him then this was the best way to go since nobody wanted to buy him, correct?

 

[Serie B]

Don’t know about where he is, but an figc official said recently on the radio that Eriksen would only be able to return to play if his pacemaker were to be removed… it doesn’t seem like we’re going to see him play for us again as that would be an insane decision.

How is playing without an implantable defibrillator safer than playing with it? It's like saying Chivu can't play while wearing his helmet thing.

 

[.h.]

well, i dont think its that simple - because he offers a lot of value on the pitch, too, and we're making lots of assumptions. If he still have to consider his amortisation (e.g. no insurance policy there), then it's not great at all. The fact that we maybe signed Hakan with his potential salary savings (between the FA paying for him in the short term and potential reductions/termination), you can decide about value for money Eriksen vs Hakan.

I'd personally rather a healthy Eriksen.

 

[.h.]

That's true about him playing with Inzaghi. But if we were to offload him then this was the best way to go since nobody wanted to buy him, correct?

some leagues e.g. Ajax can still play him, but I'd argue he has close to 0 value right now. And if we're insured for his market replacement value, the fact that we let him go for free means the insurer could argue they're not liable to pay him. Same with any income protection - the fact that he can continue to make moeny as footballer would make for an interesting legal battle.

I'm making lots of assumptions about what insurance we may have, to be clear, but if these are true, his best financial option is to retire medically.

 

[CafeCordoba]

If he can play 100% healthy, family is okay with that, but not at Italy, I doubt he's going to retire.

I also doubt he demands some big golden handshake from Inter, he doesn't seem like such a guy.

Capital losses would be still there though. If the decision can be done already this summer (I doubt), we've amortized his valued to 18m€ (27m / 4.5 year contract, 27m - 4.5m * 1.5 years = 18m)

 

[.h.]

he has no right to demand a handshake unfortunately. Legally (I believe) we can terminate him without pay off because he's ineligible to play in Italy. Sadly, itts probably no different to something like him getting sent to prison - unilateral termination. We'd just need to take the amortisation.

 

[Alex de Large]

We lost 2 of our 6 best starters of last year. We are basically fucked.

 

[Ed.]

Eriksen is hardly a starter

 

[Ethor]

Partly true, but he was at times, a great finisher.

 

[William]

Eriksen is hardly a starter

Need to partially disagree on this. In the second half of the season he was breaking into the starting XI and if he wasn’t starting esp from March onwards we were calling for him to come on.

With him on it just felt like we could create something. Plus his long balls broke up the mind numbing, tedious ass side passing we’d usually do where we would attack fast up to the final third then slow the fuck down to let the opposition get in place meaning we’d have to go back you could tell he was finding some flair again.

I really hope he is medically able to play without the ICD in as I’d love to see him play more for us.

 

[Candreva Crosses]

he has no right to demand a handshake unfortunately. Legally (I believe) we can terminate him without pay off because he's ineligible to play in Italy. Sadly, itts probably no different to something like him getting sent to prison - unilateral termination. We'd just need to take the amortisation.

This is inter though, we will pay him while he plays for Ajax #adrianostyle

 

[ADRossi]

Last season our best run of form coincided with Eriksen establishing himself as a regular first team player. Was he playing 90 minutes? No, but that's not really the point. We're not better without him in the starting eleven.

Having him and Calhanoglu together would have actually been the perfect duo. Too bad we're broke/unlucky.

 

[Il Drago]

Eriksen started 14 out of 19 matches in the second round, which coincided with our best run in the league, so he certainly was a starter during that period. In the first round our starter was Vidal. So no matter how you see it we're losing a starter.

 

[brehme1989]

The dumbass finally starting Eriksen and Perisic was what enabled the Scudetto and a championship presence of a team that seemed to luck its way into results via strong Handanovic performances that people quickly have forgotten about.

The problem is that the Eriksen thing was mostly accidental (Vidal, Gagliardini and Sensi out iirc)

Guys like Eriksen, Sanchez, Hakimi and Martinez were the catalysts for the Scudetto run.

 

[CafeCordoba]

he has no right to demand a handshake unfortunately. Legally (I believe) we can terminate him without pay off because he's ineligible to play in Italy. Sadly, itts probably no different to something like him getting sent to prison - unilateral termination. We'd just need to take the amortisation.

Yeah true, if he can't play in Italy they would have to just terminate the contract. Best case scenario would be few clubs in EPL would be willing to pay his salaries so we could auction these clubs to pay some transfer fee to us.

 

[.h.]

Dont know if he's allowed to play in the Premiership. I'd be surprised, would expect their rules about this sort of stuff to be quite stringent after Muamba, etc.

The only league I'm aware of right now that he could play in is Dutch league? I've not looked extensively to try to work out where is possible, but AFAIK, Blind is the only person in top level football with a defibriliator fitted who can still play.

 

[Materazzi_23]

We would welcome him with open arms.

Just for my understanding: Why has every country his own rules about this? There is no discussion about this in my opinion. It is either safe to play with a difibrilliator are not? I'm no doctor so I really don't know.

 

[.h.]

Disparate rules arent unusual though. Look at for example rules about concussion now in football, I dont think its standardised across the leagues yet. Rules are ultimately up to the domestic FAs to decide (I think with general guidance from FIFA? So presumably they get some limited wiggleroom)

It's a risk activity, I guess. And each league can decide about the risk of a player dying on the pitch - personally I think saying 'no you cant play' isnt unreasonable - apparently there's a risk of an impact being able to dislodge the defibriliator thus rendering it useless. You wouldnt want to play contact sports with a pacemaker, for example.

This is what the NHS says about it:

When can I exercise or play sports again?​

You should avoid strenuous activities for around 4 to 6 weeks after having your pacemaker fitted. After this, you should be able to do most activities and sports.

But if you play contact sports such as football or rugby, it's important to avoid collisions. You may want to wear a protective pad.


And if that's at amateur level, you'd be crazy to think about letting pro players play with one in.

 

[qb4ever_2k]

You guys are overthinking.

Eriksen wont play again, not because of the regulations, but because it's a risk nobody is willing to take.

If you were a doctor, what would be the chance that you sign his medical clearance knowing he'd had a cardiac arrest before? Remember he passed all the tests, and then he collapsed.
Or if you were the club, any club, or the coach, would you play him at all? You would demand all players to give their all right? But what would you do when you notice him being a little behind in intensity? Yell at him or drop him entirely due to risk of another collapse?

 

[.h.]

oh i agree, i'll be shocked if he does more than exhibition matches again personally. Said that since day 1.