£150k-a-week star told his career is now ‘100 per cent over’ at Man Utd after ‘downward’ spiral

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·08 de fevereiro de 2025

£150k-a-week star told his career is now ‘100 per cent over’ at Man Utd after ‘downward’ spiral

Among the four Manchester United players preparing to pull the curtains on their Old Trafford careers this year is Christian Eriksen.

Unfortunately for the seasoned veteran, he’s not being granted the chance to go out with a bang.

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Eriksen has made 21 appearances for the Reds – eight since Ruben Amorim took the reins – this term, with 14 coming from the off. He’s been given the nod twice in the Premier League under the new coach, as well as twice in Europe and once in the League Cup, which United have since exited.

For a long time, it’s been common knowledge that his terms would not be extended, but even more so since INEOS joined the club and promoted their policy of signing purely younger players to build for the future – ideally aged 25 or below.

Meanwhile, the midfielder turns 33 next Friday, and his age has been reflective on the pitch on several occasions as of late, so much so that Alan Shearer claimed it’d be ‘nigh on impossible’ for Eriksen and Casemiro, 32, to properly play the way Amorim desires of his squad in his newly implemented system.

Eriksen warned his playing career is finished

Eriksen has been utilised sparingly by Amorim. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Ex-Denmark international Thomas Gravesen voiced his worries for his compatriot’s career after Eriksen was left on the bench for the entirety of United’s FA Cup win over Leicester City last night. He told TipsBladet: “It’s 100 per cent over for Christian Eriksen at Manchester United this summer, and I also fear that his career is over.

“Where is he going to go? Where is he going to go and earn 60 million kroner a year? I have a hard time seeing that.

“He has probably earned the money he should, but I think that the development that Christian has been in the last few years is downward. It is sad to see the situation that Christian Eriksen is in. He is one of the players in Denmark who has given us the most. He has shone and been our best man, so it is sad if his career ends like this.

He left [Inter] Milan, and suddenly, he was just gone. It took six months before he announced what happened. Christian Eriksen is turning 33 soon, and I’m afraid history will repeat itself.”