Report: Brentford interested in signing Christian Eriksen

Tottenham Hotspur boss Antonio Conte recently said he's open to midfielder Christian Eriksen training with the Premier League club where he previously spent seven years after the 29-year-old had his Inter Milan contract terminated by mutual consent on Dec. 17. Eriksen had a defibrillator implanted following the cardiac arrest he suffered during the UEFA European Championship last June. 

It remains unknown if Tottenham would re-sign the Danish maestro, but ESPN's James Olley and Lyall Thomas of Sky Sports report Brentford are in talks with Eriksen about potentially putting pen to paper on a six-month contract that could include an extension option. 

Eriksen told Danish TV channel DR 1 earlier this month he wants to represent his native Denmark in the World Cup later this year, but he would have to receive clearance from a Football Association-approved cardiac specialist before he could sign for any Premier League team. 

"In England, any player that has an abnormal cardiac screen or who develops a cardiac problem would be assessed by a sports cardiologist," an FA spokesperson said in a statement shared by ESPN. "We would expect the sports cardiologist to be a member of The FA Cardiac Consensus Panel, a group of experienced sports cardiologists who advise The FA with regard to these issues and provide consultation and screening expertise for our cardiac screening programmes in professional football." 

The spokesperson continued: 

"The FA would not ban someone from playing based on a cardiac screen because a) medical information of this kind is confidential between the player and the doctor who is caring for them and b) any risk is to the player themselves and not to others on the pitch, so it is an individual decision which the player takes with support and advice from those who are responsible for their personal medical wellbeing." 

The individual added it's impossible to directly comment on Eriksen's status "without knowledge of his condition and the risks associated with it." 

Eriksen has insisted he's "back in top shape," but it's unclear if he would pass a club medical assessment, let alone receive permission from the FA to compete at the highest level coming off his cardiac event less than a year ago. ESPN reports "a number of clubs in England and other countries" have reached out to Eriksen's representatives about possibly signing him this winter.