June 12, 2021 Denmark's Christian Eriksen is seen down on the pitch after collapsing during the match Pool via REUTERSDanish midfielder Christian Eriksen says he has no qualms about playing with a heart-starting device implant in a league as physical as the Premier League. Eriksen, who collapsed during a European Championship match in Copenhagen last June and was given life-saving CPR treatment, is now fitted with a special heart-starting device known as an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD). The 29-year-old was forced to terminate his contract with Inter Milan in December because footballers fitted with an ICD are not permitted to play in Serie A. "I don't really have any scared feelings about it, I don't feel my ICD, so if it gets hit I know it is safe enough," Eriksen told BBC Sport https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/60338663. Eriksen spent seven years at Tottenham Hotspur prior to his transfer to Inter in 2020.

Source: BBC February 11, 2022 04:25 UTC