Christian Eriksen: Dane can be Brentford's 'greatest ever signing' - Thomas Frank

Christian Eriksen's free transfer to Brentford could be the club's «greatest signing ever», says boss Thomas Frank.

Eriksen, 29, joined the Bees on a six-month contract on transfer deadline day after his release by Inter Milan.

The Denmark international suffered cardiac arrest at Euro 2020 in June and was subsequently fitted with an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) — a type of pacemaker.

Frank said midfielder Eriksen is still unavailable for «a few weeks».

The former Tottenham player will miss Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round tie at Everton and Frank said they will «know a bit more» before Wednesday's Premier League game against Manchester City.

«We got over the line. He is potentially the greatest signing ever for the club,» said Frank, who may not take charge of the Bees at the weekend after testing positive for Covid-19.

«It is going to be an unbelievable day, the day he steps on to the pitch. We all saw what happed to him. It was crazy. To see him out on the pitch soon will be a good day.»

Eriksen won the league title with Inter Milan last season, but his contract was cancelled by mutual consent in December because players fitted with an ICD cannot compete in Serie A.

However, the Premier League does not have the same regulations.

After leaving Inter, Eriksen started training alone at Danish side Odense Boldklub — where he was previously a youth player — and outlined his aspirations of resuming his playing career in order to play for Denmark at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Eriksen's signing saw the biggest day of kit sales trading outside of kit launch days — 30 times the usual demand at this time of year for Brentford.

«My first feeling is excitement,» said Frank. «He is a top player with lots of experience. The