Inter Milan completed Christian Eriksen’s signing in the winter market as the playmaker arrived at the San Siro from Tottenham Hotspur.
Prior to joining the Serie A club, the Denmark international was also said to be on Manchester United’s radar.
On January 8th, we carried a report from FcInterNews, who explained the Red Devils were willing to pay €20m to Spurs to acquire the former Ajax man’s services.
It was also suggested that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy was also open to the idea of allowing the 28-year-old to move to Old Trafford.
Norway’s Viasport had Denmark manager Åge Hareide as one of their guests on Wednesday and he revealed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wanted Eriksen at United.
“There were clubs in England that were interested in him. Manchester United were interested in Christian Eriksen. I know that Ole Gunnar [Solskjaer] was,” Hareide said, as quoted by BT.
Eriksen’s national team manager claims there was also interest from Real Madrid and Barcelona, but Inter won the race because they were super keen on signing the player.
“There was talk of Real Madrid and in part Barcelona … but mostly Real Madrid. But along the way, Inter and [Antonio] Conte showed their interest. And they showed real interest in Christian, and that was the most important thing,” Hareide added.
