Wrexham reveals filming of TV show played part in Denmark star Eriksen rejecting contract offer
WREXHAM Wales AP Having an Emmy-winning documentary series tell Wrexham s story does not unfailingly help on the field for the fast-rising soccer club owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney It is a big reason why Denmark playmaker Christian Eriksen did not join in the offseason Wrexham chief executive Michael Williamson revealed Wednesday The former Tottenham Ajax and Inter Milan star was a free agent in July after leaving Manchester United and did not want to be filmed for a behind-the-scenes show like Welcome to Wrexham Eriksen famously collapsed and his heart stopped beating while playing for Denmark during a European Championship tournament in in Copenhagen His return to vitality and top-level action first with Brentford then Denmark and United has been a globally popular soccer story and brought an offer from Wrexham to join its first season in the English league second tier since I reached out to the agent Williamson described the That Wrexham Podcast and what was really gripping in the first call is the reaction was We don t want his story to be in a documentary because we ve had plenty of opportunities for a documentary for his story He thought we were calling not because of his footballing capabilities but because we sought a documentary story the CEO disclosed I m like Wait a minute I didn t even think about that Obviously I m aware of it but that wasn t the reason we were calling The -year-old Eriksen who plays with an implanted device to monitor his heart rhythm ended up joining German top-tier side Wolfsburg in September after the transfer window closed Wrexham s own transfer business ultimately improved Williamson suggested because the confidential interest in Eriksen was revealed by his agent What it did was it sent a signal around the players sector if you will Williamson mentioned That we were serious about being competitive AP soccer https apnews com hub soccer Source
