Christian Eriksen is simply not good enough for Manchester United any longer with Danish icon Brian Laudrup convinced the veteran ‘will leave’ the Premier League giants this summer.
According to who you believe, the number of players leaving Old Trafford this summer could easily reach double figures. And while that seems a little fanciful initially, when you factor in the likes of Donny van de Beek, Jadon Sancho, Facundo Pellistri, soon-to-be free agents Anthony Martial and Jonny Evans and the on-loan Sofyan Amrabat, the prospect of at least ten first-team departures does not seem quite so unlikely.
And that’s without mentioning the host of ageing, high-earners proving to be a considerable drain on Manchester United’s dwindling resources. Casemiro and Raphael Varane, for instance, are no longer the same force of old on the wrong side of 30.
Christian Eriksen, meanwhile, has featured in only one of the club’s last six Premier League games.
Christian Eriksen could lead Manchester United exodus
“There are also some very, very large names,” Laudrup, a Denmark legend of the past tells ViaPlay of his nation’s present-day icon. “After all, we are talking Christian Eriksen, and we are talking Casemiro, Varane, (Harry) Maguire and so on.
“Christian Eriksen will not get any playing time. Casemiro is also starting to become an older player. So I believe that, somehow, you have to go out and replace these players, so that you can try to create a new modern team.
“In other words, a team that can also press better and that brings in some new, young, fast and hungry players.”
Man United already appear to be in the process of doing just that. According to the Daily Mail, young, hungry, homegrown talent will be at the forefront of Ineos’ Red Devils rebuild.
Eriksen, at the age of 32, has not been the same since that injury he picked up against Reading 14 months ago, and no longer appears to have the athleticism or the physicality to cope with the pace of the English game.
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“No he’s not,” Laudrup adds when asked if Eriksen is simply ‘good enough’ for Man United these days. “A clear example now is that he doesn’t get very much playing time.
“The vicious circle here is that when he is allowed to play, he is not up to speed at all. And it is difficult when you are 32 years old.
“Therefore, I am almost certain that he will leave Manchester United after this season.”
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