There has been a lot of doubt surrounding the participation of Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen in the upcoming friendly match for Denmark. As one of the important players for the Danish national team, Eriksen will be huge presence for the friendly against England on Wednesday. However, he has been suffering from injury troubles in the last few weeks, which have prevented him from appearing for his club. He is expected to be back in the next few days, which have increased the possibility of Eriksen featuring for the national team in this high profile friendly.

Eriksen is at the stage where he requires a fitness test in order to decide his participation. Manager Morten Olsen has confirmed that he will not use the player unless the tests say that he has recovered 100% from his injury problems. His statements come after Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood expressed his concern that his player may be used too soon in a meaningless friendly match. This is one of the final friendlies for Olsen to test his players ahead of the World Cup 2014. The 22-year-old has been a key player for the national team for several years now.

In his absence, even Tottenham have struggled to bring out the creativity necessary to win matches.

“If Eriksen can play, we will use him but he would have to be 100 per-cent. When he is only 99 per-cent, he will not play. He’s a young player who has never had such an injury before, so it’s a difficult one to call. We have to wait and see, I think it’s always a game against time, probably he can play on Saturday for Tottenham. I don’t think he can play, we’ll wait and see, but I can only say to Tottenham that I will not risk him,” said Olsen.