Christian Eriksen doesn't have the best memories of the period he worked with Ruben Amorim at Manchester United last season. The Danish midfielder was an unused substitute in 19 matches and played in another 21 under the Portuguese's command, but he does not forget Amorim's controversial statements on January 19 of this year. “We are probably the worst team in the history of Manchester United. I know they want headlines, but I say this because we have to have this notion to change», Amorim said at the time. A message that, for Eriksen, did not have the desired effect on the team. “That didn't help at all. I mean, that wasn't... I don't think it helped the players at all. Some things can be said internally, but it's not very smart to say them externally, to put extra pressure and further label players who were already doing their best", he pointed out in an interview with The Times, published this Saturday. “I don't think that helped at all. Whether he's right or wrong doesn't matter, but I think for us it was a little bit like, 'Ah, here we go again. Another headline'", he adds. United finished last season in 15th place in the Premier League and losing the Europa League final to Tottenham, the club where Eriksen stood out most, in a game in which the Dane did not leave the bench. When asked to evaluate Amorim as a coach, the Dane highlighted the coach's honesty. «He arrived with his ideas. He tried to change things, as we still see, he tried to do things his way. Certain players in certain positions, for a certain style of play, that's how he sees success. He had to change a lot because the players weren't used to that system. Also, historically, United have always liked a different system. And yes, he's been very honest and he's been honest with me from the beginning. Very, very, very honest», he pointed out. Erikse collapsed during a Denmark game at Euro 2020 (played in 2021) and, as he recalls, was “dead for five minutes” due to a heart attack, before being revived. Today, he plays with a defibrillator implanted and connected to his heart, which requires new batteries every 15 years. “I have to change them every 15 years, I think. So, yes, there are almost ten years to go,” he says. «They check it at the hospital on a computer, then you see how long it takes to change the battery and go back there. I have to have that and I want to have it.” Quite naturally, the player, now a regular player at Wolfsburg, reveals that he barely remembers the device he has installed next to his heart: «Honestly, I don't think about it. In the game or in training, I don't know why, but I just don't think about it anymore. There is nothing negative about that. It's just part of me.” The 33-year-old player, who has played 13 games for the German team this season, continues to be a regular in the Denmark squad's squad.