Soccer-Eriksen says Ten Hag talks convinced him to join Man Utd

July 26 (Reuters) - Manchester United's Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen said manager Erik ten Hag's vision for the Premier League giants played a big role in convincing him to join them on a free transfer last month.

Eriksen, who needed life-saving treatment on the pitch last year when he suffered a near-fatal cardiac arrest in a European Championship game against Finland in June, made the move after returning to action with top-flight side Brentford in January.

He had previously trained with the reserves of Ten Hag's former team Ajax Amsterdam to build his fitness and said that speaking to the Dutch manager helped him make up his mind.

"I'm a guy who wants to play football and I think, with the idea of the manager coming in and the ideas he had and with my conversations with him, I could see myself playing football in Manchester," Eriksen said in an interview on the club website.