Christian Eriksen set for major career decision after cardiac arrest

[mawspurs]

The Danish midfielder suffered a cardiac arrest at Euro 2020 but is set to return to the Serie A champions to decide if he can continue his playing career

Source: Football London

 

[beuller]

I've got a lot of respect for Eriksen. Tons of ability, works so hard for a flair player. His numbers were fantastic and apart from the last 12 months, completely low maintenance.

And in the amazon documentary he showed levy a fair amount of disrespect during the negotiations. Good on him. He gave us our best years and we made it slightly more difficult than it should have been.

Top man.

 

[Metalhead]

I hope that he'll err on the side of caution.

 

[Romario]

I can totally understand his hunger and desire to return but it also needs to be tempered with his responsibilities as a husband and father. He has had a miraculous escape from a most untimely demise thanks to the medical team both pitch side and in the hospital afterwards. Whilst I am sure his wife would try to be totally supportive of his wishes she must be secretly dreading the thought of having to watch him play again.

He's had a massive warning and if it was my decision I think I would opt for an involvement with the club that was not as physically demanding as trying to play again, perhaps on the coaching side of things.

Whatever he decides I wish him and his family well.

 

[whitesocks]

Football is a contact sport. An icd device could get damaged and the wires dislodged. It simply is not an option to carry on playing with one, esp if another cardiac arrest is likely.
No-one would take that risk.

But is it likely?
A doctor could argue that he doesn't actually need one at all if they can't find anything wrong in the next 6 months.
And afterwards, with close monitoring, perhaps it's likely another electrical irregularity would be detected early and so any risk could be managed.

Plus Eriksen might have a good idea what caused it - maybe he had an unusually large dose of say, caffeine - a performance enhancer - before the game. He's just had an unlucky reaction, but he is perfectly healthy.

 

[sebo_sek]

He'd be mad to continue. Surely a coaching or pundit role. He's made millions already. Hope his choice means he can enjoy them.

 

[Metalhead]

Football is a contact sport. An icd device could get damaged and the wires dislodged. It simply is not an option to carry on playing with one, esp if another cardiac arrest is likely.
No-one would take that risk.

But is it likely?
A doctor could argue that he doesn't actually need one at all if they can't find anything wrong in the next 6 months.
And afterwards, with close monitoring, perhaps it's likely another electrical irregularity would be detected early and so any risk could be managed.

Plus Eriksen might have a good idea what caused it - maybe he had an unusually large dose of say, caffeine - a performance enhancer - before the game. He's just had an unlucky reaction, but he is perfectly healthy.

His heart presumably is damaged now though. It's a risk.

 

[Japhet]

Daly Blind seems to manage OK under similar circumstances. Maybe Eriksen should have a chat with him.

 

[Neon_Knight_]

Football is a contact sport. An icd device could get damaged and the wires dislodged. It simply is not an option to carry on playing with one, esp if another cardiac arrest is likely.
No-one would take that risk.

But is it likely?
A doctor could argue that he doesn't actually need one at all if they can't find anything wrong in the next 6 months.
And afterwards, with close monitoring, perhaps it's likely another electrical irregularity would be detected early and so any risk could be managed.

Plus Eriksen might have a good idea what caused it - maybe he had an unusually large dose of say, caffeine - a performance enhancer - before the game. He's just had an unlucky reaction, but he is perfectly healthy.

Daly Blind took exactly that risk.

 

[FloridaSpur]

I think he would be mad to continue to play. He is financially secure for the rest of his life, why not give himself and his family the bet possible opportunity to live long enough to enjoy it?

 

[mdharris]

At the risk of oversimplifying, it seems a pretty easy decision. He’s made more money than he or his next generations need, why risk further issues or potentially death.

 

[JCRD]

At the risk of oversimplifying, it seems a pretty easy decision. He’s made more money than he or his next generations need, why risk further issues or potentially death.

Only he knows what the decision is but I think it wouldn't be based on money but getting over perhaps the fact that he will no longer play football. I mean one day he is playing football, the next his life nearly got taken away from him and now a month or so later, a decision will need to be made. I cna imagine all that is a lot to take in.

Must be so tough.

 

[whitesocks]

Daly Blind took exactly that risk.

As I remember, Blind has never had an arrest. He has specific inflammation of the heart and presumably this is not a condition that is risky at this point. Maybe he wears the device more to monitor the condition 24/7 than to keep him alive?

Eriksen had an arrest and nearly died, so no-one could recommend he carry on playing unless, as I said, it was effectively a poisoning,

 

[carmeldevil]

I've mentioned this before. A St Louis Blues hockey player had a cardiac arrest while sitting on the bench during a hockey game. He survived thankfully. And had the same implant put in as Eriksen. He was very strongly encouraged to retire and told that no team will sign him (he was on his last year of contract). So he retired but luckily he retired on top having won everything there's to be won for hockey.

I suspect the same is being told to Eriksen which is going to be real hard for him to accept. We'll see. I can only hope nothing but the best for him going forward.

 

[Clive Wilson]

Football is a contact sport. An icd device could get damaged and the wires dislodged. It simply is not an option to carry on playing with one, esp if another cardiac arrest is likely.
No-one would take that risk.

I think as an opposition player I'd be worried against playing against someone with an icd if that is a real risk. Bless Eriksen.

 

[Neon_Knight_]

As I remember, Blind has never had an arrest. He has specific inflammation of the heart and presumably this is not a condition that is risky at this point. Maybe he wears the device more to monitor the condition 24/7 than to keep him alive?

Eriksen had an arrest and nearly died, so no-one could recommend he carry on playing unless, as I said, it was effectively a poisoning,

You're right that Blind has heart inflammation, but I wouldn't say he's playing without any risk. He has collapsed on the pitch twice - the second time while wearing the S-ICD device, which went off to keep him alive. The S-ICD wouldn't have been triggered unless he was having a cardiac arrest.

I haven't seen any reports confirming the cause of Eriksen's cardiac arrest, so it seems a bit premature to assume his returning to football would be higher risk than Blind (unless I've missed something) - could be high/lower/same risk.

 

[Neon_Knight_]

I've mentioned this before. A St Louis Blues hockey player had a cardiac arrest while sitting on the bench during a hockey game. He survived thankfully. And had the same implant put in as Eriksen. He was very strongly encouraged to retire and told that no team will sign him (he was on his last year of contract). So he retired but luckily he retired on top having won everything there's to be won for hockey.

I suspect the same is being told to Eriksen which is going to be real hard for him to accept. We'll see. I can only hope nothing but the best for him going forward.

At least Eriksen has already won four league titles (3x Erdevises + 1x Serie A) and the Dutch national cup, but I'm sure he feels he has unfinished business, having picked up CL and EL runners-up medals within the last two years. If he was a few years older and/or had been aware of a pre-existing condition that allowed him to gradually come to terms with the fact his career is coming to an end (e.g. King's knees and Owen's hamstrings), it would probably be easier for him to accept.