It was the return to football that everybody hoped to see as Christian Eriksen became a Brentford player on Monday, seven months on from suffering a cardiac arrest while playing for Denmark. The news grabbed worldwide attention with the announcement video viewed nearly five million times on Twitter alone within the first 12 hours. There were also a flood of well-wishes for Christian from across the football family.
โ Welcome to Brentford, @ChrisEriksen8 ๐#BrentfordFC ๐ #EriksenJoins pic.twitter.com/O8h5WbdUZ2
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) January 31, 2022
๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ป https://t.co/t7XCIHqOai
— Christian Eriksen (@ChrisEriksen8) January 31, 2022
Good luck for your new adventure, @ChrisEriksen8 ๐ช
— Inter ๐๐ฎ๐น (@Inter) January 31, 2022
We are happy to see you back out on the pitch!
Forever ๐ค๐#FCIM https://t.co/RtZAc1Rodm
Love to see this. Good luck @ChrisEriksen8! ๐๐พ https://t.co/07DoiRfcFX
— Christian Benteke (@chrisbenteke) January 31, 2022
It's good to see you back in the Premier League, @ChrisEriksen8 ๐ pic.twitter.com/HVZEYqa0ZZ
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 31, 2022
The best news of the day!!!!
— Jan Aage Fjørtoft ๐ณ๏ธ๐ ๐ณ๐ด (@JanAageFjortoft) January 31, 2022
Welcome back @ChrisEriksen8 https://t.co/KSSsrUbZxP
Could be a busy day but arguably the 'best' deal will be Christian Eriksen signing for @BrentfordFC. Next step in an uplifting story.
— Simon Stone (@sistoney67) January 31, 2022
What a great addition to a great club ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐๐
— Toumani diagouraga (@toums20) January 31, 2022
๐ Así da la bienvenida el @BrentfordFC a @ChrisEriksen8
— MARCA (@marca) January 31, 2022
โฝ ¡¡Feliz regreso al fútbol!!
pic.twitter.com/xbNoTSig9q
Think everyone in football will be wishing @ChrisEriksen8 all the very best at Brentford. https://t.co/5o1us1faHH
— Neil Jones (@neiljonesgoal) January 31, 2022
Best news of the window by far โค๏ธ๐ https://t.co/RQDtokHu7z
— Semra Hunter (@SemraHunter) January 31, 2022
Well... that's wonderful https://t.co/bFXNPShhI5
— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) January 31, 2022
Welcome back to the #PL, @ChrisEriksen8! ๐
— Premier League (@premierleague) January 31, 2022
Ready for more moments of magic, @BrentfordFC? pic.twitter.com/thmYh5oM6e
Amazing stuff, what a story for Christian Eriksen ๐ Brentford continues to be such a likeable football club! https://t.co/LuNTBmDTg5
— Luke Smith (@LukeSmithF1) January 31, 2022
Confirmed: Eriksen is back ๐
— FootballJOE (@FootballJOE) January 31, 2022
Such wonderful news โค๏ธ https://t.co/a87s79Zkdl
We're all Brentford (a little bit), right? https://t.co/VH1u2VN837
— james mcmahon (@jamesjammcmahon) January 31, 2022
Good luck @ChrisEriksen8
— Thomas Bjørn (@thomasbjorngolf) January 31, 2022
๐ช๐ https://t.co/0mMUQozo5X
This is just obviously such wonderful news on every level. Can't wait to see him play again. https://t.co/I92QdmgnT9
— Jack Pitt-Brooke (@JackPittBrooke) January 31, 2022
243 days after collapsing on field with world watching during the Euros, Christian Eriksen is back, signing for Brentford. It will be incredible to watch him in action again. We wish him strength, health and Godspeed ๐ฉ๐ฐ https://t.co/nk74h9UTyX
— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) January 31, 2022
โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ๐ช๐ผ๐ช๐ผ๐ช๐ผ good luck @ChrisEriksen8 #BrentfordFC ๐ https://t.co/B1pd2MVk6p
— Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) January 31, 2022
Welcome back to the Premier League bro ๐ค๐พ COD is waiting ๐๐คฃ๐โค๏ธ @ChrisEriksen8
— Ashley Young (@youngy18) January 31, 2022
๐ Most #PL assists (all-time; non-British players):
— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) January 31, 2022
111๐ ฐ: Fàbregas
94๐ ฐ: Bergkamp
93๐ ฐ: D Silva
80๐ ฐ: De Bruyne
74๐ ฐ: Henry
62๐ ฐ: ๐ERIKSEN๐, Solano#BrentfordFC @BrentfordFC @ChrisEriksen8 pic.twitter.com/svqn9xEFRd