Manchester United are prepared for a busy summer transfer window with the club ready to open its doors for some players to leave and also to allow new arrivals.
Topping the list of players set to depart Old Trafford is Denmark international Christian Eriksen.
Eriksen is poised to leave Old Trafford when his contract expires at the end of the season, and his former club Ajax are now showing interest in his services.
Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder, Eriksen joined United on a free transfer in the summer of 2022 and proved to be a great signing. However, he has seen limited game time this season and will not be offered a new contract.
Eriksen is now prepared for a new adventure elsewhere. While Anderlecht have been tipped as a potential destination, Eriksen’s path could now lead back to Ajax.
Christian Eriksen of Manchester United (Photo by James Gill – Danehouse/Getty Images)
Ajax sporting director Marijn Beuker has also clarified the situation.
Beuker, who took up the sporting director post at Ajax in 2023, revealed to ESPN: “He is one of the players who has performed fantastically with us in the past that we are thinking about. There will be multiples in the media. Other names mentioned are those of Dusan Tadic and Daley Blind.
“Such players are always an option. To look at it. It has to fit into the phase we are in, though. In the salary structure. You also don’t want to block youth players coming up. That we are open to thinking about it is clear. Only it has to fit into the overall picture for the future.”
Eriksen recently opened up about his uncertain future at United in a chat with Danish broadcaster TV2, admitting: “I haven’t been told anything [United contract] and since I haven’t, I assume the collaboration will end.
“That’s how I interpret it. Everyone knows my contract is expiring, so I expect there’s only one way this will go. I haven’t thought much about it. In my mind, I’m prepared to find something new. What that will be, I haven’t decided yet.”
The former Inter Milan midfielder also said: “I don’t have anything specific that I really want to try, so I’ll see what comes along and what fits me and my family.”
