Christian Eriksen: Why Tottenham Hotspur legend turned down a move to Wrexham last summer

The ex-Tottenham and Manchester United midfielder, 33, was a free agent last summer after his contract at Old Trafford came to an end.

Over the transfer window, a number of clubs made approaches for the former Denmark international, including newly-promoted Championship side Wrexham.

Eriksen survived a cardiac arrest during Euro 2020, and has since recovered and rebuilt his career practically from scratch.

But his concern was that moving to Wrexham would make him a focal point of their Welcome to Wrexham documentary series - something he was keen to avoid.

Speaking on the That Wrexham Podcast, club chief executive Michael Williamson said: “I reached out to the agent [Martin Schoots]; in the first call is the reaction was, 'We don't want his story to be in a documentary, because we've had plenty of opportunities for a documentary for his story'.

“He thought we were calling not because of his footballing capabilities, but because we wanted a documentary story. Obviously, I'm aware of it, but that wasn't the reason we were calling.

“We were looking for players that could play for us in the Championship, difference-makers that could help us be competitive on the pitch.

“After I explained what our actual objectives were, trying to build a competitive squad and that I wasn't even thinking about it from a documentary perspective, we had a great conversation.”

In the end, Eriksen opted to join Bundesliga side Wolfsburg, preferring to stay in a top-flight league. But Wrexham remained steadfast in their transfer policy last summer - breaking the club transfer record three times to sign players like Conor Coady and Nathan Broadhead.

The financial gamble has not quite paid off yet, with the Welsh outfit currently 16th in the Championship. But Wrexham are just five points shy of a playoff spot, and face Portsmouth this evening (November 5) as they look to climb the table.