Christian Eriksen in contention to make first Brentford start ahead of huge Norwich clash

Christian Eriksen is in contention to make his first start since suffering a cardiac arrest at Euro 2020.

The midfielder made an emotional return to the game during last week’s loss at home to Newcastle United and Brentford manager Thomas Frank has hinted Eriksen could now start from the off in Saturday’s crunch meeting with Norwich City.

Frank has revealed that the 30-year-old midfielder has successfully emerged from an important staging post in his return to playing regularly again.

"Christian’s good. He keeps progressing in terms of his fitness and getting good training minutes into him," Frank said.

"It was not a box ticked, but I think it was very important to get that game played. Now hopefully for everyone involved we can focus on football."

When asked if Eriksen will be picked in the starting line-up against Norwich, Frank replied: "You’ll find out tomorrow. Of course I’m interested in getting him on to the pitch as much as possible."

In a twist of fate, Saturday’s Carrow Road showdown will be overseen by Anthony Taylor, the referee who took charge of the Euro 2020 match

Taylor was praised for the way he handled the cardiac arrest after his understanding of the urgency of the situation led to medical attention arriving promptly.

Frank said: "I’ve mentioned it to Christian. I said ‘do you know who the ref is?’. He didn’t know....and then he said ‘ah is it Anthony? How funny, what a coincidence’.

"There would be a time anyway when Anthony would have refereed Christian going forward."

Brentford are enduring their worst run since Frank took charge in 2018 with seven defeats in eight matches sending them into Premier League freefall.

Norwich boss Dean Smith has described the clash between the two relegation