In an interview with Danish broadcaster TV2, Inter and Denmark attacking midfielder Christian Eriksen has expressed sympathy for his national team teammates who have recently tested positive for COVID-19.
“I think there is nothing worse than being the manager of a national team right now for all the changes needing to be made,” he explained in the interview, which was broadcast earlier on today.
“I arrived on Monday evening at the Denmark training camp to start training on Tuesday but since I hadn’t received the result of the swab I had done, I was not allowed to take the field to train that day.
“I can only feel sorry for the players who have tested positive and who need to isolate themselves. It’s a shame because you really want to be part of the national team. Let’s say I felt lucky because I avoided isolation.”
He then went on to look ahead to Denmark’s upcoming UEFA Nations League fixtues against Inter teammate Romelu Lukaku’s Belgium and Iceland.
“Two fantastic matches await us and we are trying to build something good. Obviously the COVID-19 issue is very annoying.”
He then spoke on the measures in place with regard to COVID-19: “You are tested every day and must avoid coming into contact with others. You train and then you go home home. At most you take a walk with your family. There have been many measures taken by both the national team and Inter.”
Eriksen, who recently surpassed the 100 cap mark for the Danish national team, joined Inter back in January from Tottenham Hotspur but things have went far from as expected for him at the Nerazzurri.
Since his arrival on a four and a half year contract, Eriksen, who has struggled to cement a place in the starting line-up, has made 33 appearances across all competitions to date, in which he has scored four goals and tallied three assists.
