Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen goes missing from Denmark training

Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen goes missing

With a little over a week to go before the start of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen has gone missing.

Eriksen was nowhere to be seen when the Danes turned up for training on Wednesday.

However Eriksen’s absence is happily for good reasons.

Back in December Christian Eriksen announced some amazing news on Instagram.

The Danish playmaker posed with his long term partner Sabrina Kvist Jensen to reveal they are expecting a baby.

Eriksen made his announcement with the captain “Mum & Dad to be #proud #2018”. The couple also revealed their ultrasound photo.

Christian Eriksen in Odense

According to Danish news outlet BT, Tottenham’s Eriksen is now in Odense, which is where the birth will happen.

Denmark manager Age Hareide has told the press that Eriksen has been allowed to stay away from the camp until the baby is born:

I’ve said he’s going to stay there until everything’s in place so he’s not going to drive back and forth on the highway, because it’s a stress factor. So he stays in Odense until everything is over.

Tottenham’s Eriksen helped seal Denmark’s place in the World Cup as he scored a memorable hat-trick against Ireland in the playoffs.

Denmark take on Mexico in their final warm up game on Saturday in Brondby, while Eriksen is unlikely to feature in that game.

When it comes to the World Cup itself, the Danes have been pooled with Peru, Australia and France.

Denmark 2018 World Cup squad

Goalkeepers: Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester), Frederik Ronnow (Brondby), Jonas Lossl (Huddersfield).

Defenders: Simon Kjaer (Sevilla), Mathias Jorgensen (Huddersfield), Andreas Christensen (Chelsea), Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford), Jannik Vestergaard (Borussia Monchengladbach), Jens Stryger Larsen (Udinese), Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich).

Midfielders: Christian Eriksen (Tottenham), Lasse Schone (Ajax), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Deportivo La Coruna), Thomas Delaney (Werder Bremen), William Kvist (FC Copenhagen), Lukas Lerager (Bordeaux).

Forwards: Andreas Cornelius (Atalanta), Kasper Dolberg (Ajax), Martin Braithwaite (Bordeaux), Nicolai Jorgensen (Feyenoord), Pione Sisto (Celta Vigo), Viktor Fischer (FC Copenhagen), Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig).

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