Eriksen poised for emotional return to action with Brentford

Christian Eriksen is poised to make an emotional return to action with Brentford on Saturday less than a year after the Dane's shocking brush with death.

Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest while playing for Denmark against Finland in the European Championship in June.

Now the 30-year-old is in contention to feature in a competitive match for the first time since that horrific incident when Brentford host Newcastle in the Premier League this weekend.

Fighting for his life surrounded by Denmark team-mates, with his partner Sabrina Kvist watching helplessly on the touchline, Eriksen has since admitted he "died for five minutes" before being revived by medics on the pitch in Copenhagen.

Although Eriksen escaped unscathed after being treated in hospital, the ordeal was expected to curtail his playing career.

He was forced to leave Inter Milan by Italian regulations that forbid players with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators from featuring in Serie A.

But the former Tottenham star was determined to get back in action once it became clear there were no risks to his health.

Eriksen trained with the reserves at his former club Ajax in January before linking up with Brentford, whose boss Thomas Frank had worked with the player in Denmark's youth teams.

Eriksen has been training with Brentford for several weeks and gave a glimpse of his progress in behind closed doors friendlies against Southend and a Rangers XI, providing both assists in the latter match on Monday

Whether Eriksen starts or appears as a substitute against Newcastle remains to be seen, but Frank has strongly suggested the 30-year-old will be involved at some stage.

'What I've been waiting for'

When Eriksen finally steps onto the pitch at Brentford's Community Stadium in