Man Utd player tipped to retire at the end of this season despite Ruben Amorim praising 'quality' nobody else at the club has

Manchester United midfielder Christian Eriksen has been tipped to retire at the end of this season despite being praised by new boss Ruben Amorim for a certain quality nobody has.

Eriksen joined United in the summer of 2022, joining the Old Trafford club on a free transfer following his release by fellow Premier League side Brentford.

The Denmark international has played in the English top flight for the majority of his playing career, having joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2013 from Ajax for £11m.

Eriksen scored 69 goals in 305 games for the North London side, before departing in January 2020 for nearly £17m to Inter Milan.

Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch for his country in a Euro 2020 match against Finland and was resuscitated and fitted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

Eriksen was not permitted to play in Serie A due to having such a device fitted and his contract at the Italian club was later terminated, before he joined the Bees for the second half of the 2021-22 campaign.

Eriksen has scored seven goals in 93 games across all competitions for United in the past three campaigns.

The 32-year-old's contract is due to expire in the summer and is anticipated to leave Old Trafford when his deal runs out at the end of June.

Christian Eriksen. (Image: Getty)

And now, former Denmark international Thomas Gravesen claims Eriksen could opt to hang up his boots at the end of this season, should he depart United.

Speaking to Tipsbladet via the Daily Star, Gravesen said: "It is 100 per cent over for Christian Eriksen at Manchester United this summer, and I also fear that his career is over.

"Where is he going to go? Where will he go and earn DKK 60m (£6.7m) a year? I have a very hard time seeing that. But now, it could be that he could settle for much less.

"Yes, he has probably earned the money he needs to, but I think that the development that Christian has undergone in the past few years is downward."

Should Eriksen not be kept at United beyond the summer, it would mean United would lose a player with a passing quality that boss Amorim believes the player has in abundance.

The Dane showed that quality during United's 3-1 comeback Premier League victory over Southampton at Old Trafford last month, lofting the ball over the Saints defence for Amad Diallo to net the second goal of his hat-trick in that game.

Speaking after that game, Amorim said: "He has the quality to make that kind of pass and we need all the players to win games, 10 minutes or 90 minutes all the players are important to change the course of the season."