Wrexham CEO: I wanted to sign Eriksen this summer, but he was worried that we wanted him to make a documentary

Wrexham chief executive Michael Williamson revealed that Eriksen initially had concerns about joining the club this summer because he did not want to appear in the team documentary.

According to reports in The Athletic in July, Wrexham, who had just been promoted to the English Championship, had ambitiously tried to waive the signing of the 33-year-old midfielder after Eriksen left Manchester United. Since being acquired by Hollywood stars Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, Wrexham has risen rapidly from the semi-professional league to the Championship. This process has been fully documented in the documentary series "Welcome to Wrexham", which is currently filming its fifth season.

Williamson said that Danish international Eriksen, who suffered a cardiac arrest in the 2020 European Cup, was initially worried that his story would become documentary material. He said: "I contacted the player's agent, and the reaction from the other party during the first call was very interesting: 'We don't want his story to appear in the documentary, because there have been too many opportunities to shoot his personal documentary.'"

"He thought we were not looking for football ability, but wanted documentary material. I responded at the time: 'Please wait, I have not considered this at all.' Although I also realize this factor, this is definitely not the case. The original intention of us contacting him. "

"We contacted him purely because we thought he could be a player worth paying attention to, and we were looking for key players to improve the team's competitiveness. After I clarified the real goal, our conversation became very smooth."

Williamson said that Eriksen still hopes to play for a top league club, and the midfielder eventually signed for Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga in September.

Eriksson’s agent Martin Skutz confirmed Wrexham’s invitation in an interview with the Mail and called it an amazing and ambitious plan. Wrexham broke the transfer fee record in team history three times this summer and successfully introduced players such as Natan Broadhead, Kiefer Moore and former England international Connor Coady.

Williamson believes that Skutz's disclosure of Wrexham's signing intention has objectively promoted the club's ambitious operations in the summer transfer market: "I did not expect Eriksson's agent to make the conversation public. Normally such conversations should be confidential. But this move does send a signal to the player market that we are serious about improving competitiveness. "

"It was important because a lot of people were waiting and watching: 'What are Wrexham doing? They were quiet when the transfer market opened and now they are suddenly going to be competitive?'"

"This opened the door for us to bring in players such as Moore, Windass, Kakase, Lewis O'Brien and Conor Coady."