'If they tell me to leave I'll leave' - Manchester United goalscorer opens up on his future

Christian Eriksen intends to make the most of what could be his final year at Manchester United but the Danish midfielder hasn't given up hope of extending his stay at the club, having rejected any chance to leave during the summer.

Eriksen was linked with a move away from Old Trafford in the transfer window with interest from Anderlecht and Ajax and his playing time looked likely to be diminished after the £42m signing of Manuel Ugarte.

The 32-year-old has also seen Mason Mount arrive to provide competition in midfield since his own free transfer in the summer of 2022, while the emergence of academy graduates Kobbie Mainoo and Toby Collyer could be a further roadblock into the team.

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Eriksen is happy at the club and settled in Manchester, however, and he only intended to leave United in the summer if he was told he was no longer wanted. With that conversation never materialising he has remained an option to Erik ten Hag and he has made a triumphant return to the starting XI, playing in the 3-0 win at Southampton and the 7-0 destruction of Barnsley.

"I feel very good being at United. If they told me to leave I would leave but I didn’t hear that," Eriksen said of the interest in him during the summer window.

"I’m also a guy who likes being in a place where my family is settled and at the same time being in a place where I can benefit and play, that’s always going to be my aim.

"It’s difficult to ask the manager in the off-season how many minutes I’m going to get in a season. If he starts promising minutes to players we’re going to have a long