THEY SAY THAT PROFESSIONAL sportspeople die twice, the first time being when they retire. In this, as in so many other aspects of his game, the Danish footballer CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN is ahead of his peers.
Fifteen months ago, in his own words, he “was gone from this world for five minutes”, hovering in the borderlands between life and death. Now he is the centrepiece of a resurgent Manchester United team and almost certainly heading to his third World Cup in November.
It was during a match between Denmark and Finland in June 2021 that Eriksen
