Manchester United has not officially announced any new signings, but two deals have been reached. Among them, Dutch full-back Terrell Malacia completed his medical examination on Monday and will become Ten Hag's first signing as coach. On the morning of the same day, Danish star Eriksen also notified Manchester United and agreed to join on a free transfer. The two parties have reached an agreement in principle and are expected to sign a three-year contract this week.
html The 130-year-old Eriksson suffered a heart attack in the European Cup and had implanted equipment. Serie A did not allow such players to participate, so he had to terminate his contract with Inter Milan and return to the Premier League. At the beginning of the year, he joined the newly promoted Premier League team Brentford on a free transfer. He scored 1 goal and 4 assists in 11 Premier League games.
This performance attracted Manchester United, and the Red Devils had already made a contract offer to Eriksson. After careful consideration, Ego finally chose to reject the new contract offered by the Little Bees and join Manchester United. Currently, Eriksen is still on vacation in Denmark. He needs to go to Carrington to undergo a medical examination before he can officially sign.
According to a previous report by the British " Daily Mirror ", Manchester United gave Eriksen a 2-year contract with a weekly salary of 150,000 pounds. But then it seemed that the contract benefits were improved and the term was increased to 3 years. British Sky Sports reporter Michael Bridge revealed that there may be a generous incentive bonus (a good package) in the Red Devils contract, and Eriksen may receive a maximum income of nearly 300,000 pounds per week!
Bridge explained: "The contract that Manchester United gave him has good terms, I think the total salary is nearly £300,000-a-week. (Just under £300,000-a-week). At Manchester United, he can provide ten Hag with Playing for and working with several Ajax veterans. I mean, wherever he goes, it's a fantastic signing.
Eriksen is one of the best attacking midfielders in Europe. , scored 109 goals and provided 158 assists in 528 club games. His joining will greatly enhance Manchester United's offensive creativity in the midfield area after losing Pogba , Mata and Lingard.
Although Manchester United is already a down and out giant, it is naturally more attractive than Brentford. Moreover, new coach Ten Hag also played an important role in Eriksen's comeback story, giving the Danish midfielder the opportunity to train with the team at Ajax before joining Brentford. Therefore, Aesop now chooses Manchester United, and Ten Hag is considered to be a key role.
Regardless of whether Manchester United can sign Barcelona 's Frenkie de Jong, the addition of Eriksen will help Ten Hag increase the thickness of the midfield. He certainly cannot be the absolute main force, but in the middle of the midfield or the attacking midfielder position, he can match or compete with new teammates such as De Jong, Bruno Fernandez , to increase Manchester United's goals.
data shows that since landing in the Premier League in 2013, Eriksen's assists and opportunity creation data are second only to Manchester City king De Bruyne. From 2015 to 2019, Eriksen had double-digit assists in the league for 4 consecutive seasons. Only Manchester United legend Beckham has ever done this in the Premier League.
Since making his first Premier League start for Brentford on March 5, he ranks third in both passes and chances created, and two of his four assists have come from set pieces. Will improve Manchester United's past shortcomings. Last season, Manchester United ranked 8th in the Premier League in goals scored and only 18th in set-piece goals, close to the bottom. Eriksen also had a long shot. With this move, he scored two goals for Denmark after his comeback.
Eriksen brought a qualitative change to Brentford. He won 7 of the 10 games he started, with a winning rate of 70% and an average of 2 goals per game; when he did not start, the Little Bees' The winning rate is only 21%, with only 6 wins in 28 games, and the average goal per game dropped to 1 goal. The team's Danish coach Thomas Frank said: "Christian (Eriksson) is a top player, unbelievable, he has improved the team's strength and calmness in handling the ball.You can give the ball to Christian and he always finds a solution.
Ten Hag hopes Eriksen can have a similar impact at Manchester United, who finished with just 12 points more than Brentford last season. At Brentford, Eriksen is usually deployed on the left side of the midfield three, whether the formation is 433, 352 or 532.
Ten Hag mainly uses the 4231 and 433 formation . In this system, Eriksson can compete with B Fee for the No. 10 position. The latter fell into a slump last season, creating 2.6 chances per game, trailing Eriksen's 2.9. Compared to the Portuguese core's crazy risky through-ball play, Eriksen's passing is more accurate and more suitable for Ten Hag's ball-control style. Eriksen can also appear on the left side of the midfield like he did at Brentford, or move to the right like he did at Tottenham to form a dual-core play.
In the end, only future actual combat can reveal the answer to what role Eriksson will play. The only thing that is certain is that after signing him, Ten Hag can choose more flexible tactics for different challenges. Signing Ethan for free is a successful deal and will theoretically make Manchester United stronger.
After Eriksen joins Manchester United, he may wear the No. 8 jersey left by Mata. After returning on Monday, B Fee still wore the No. 18 jersey and did not change his number. Therefore, Aeshen can choose this number that he used in the Ajax era. Of course, he can also choose No. 24 when he was at Inter Milan.
