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Chelsea's decision not to sign Eriksen was influenced by the fact that they already had Josh McEachran, who played in a similar position and was a year younger. Fast forward five years and McEachran has made one Premier League start for Chelsea and is on loan at Middlesbrough. Eriksen has played 136 times for Ajax. "Exactly," Eriksen says. "Of course it's a different league. And a lot of players in England, when they are with big clubs, they go out on loan. That hasn't ever really been spoken about here because I played. For me, I am at the right place at the right time."

It is difficult to think of a better club than Ajax for a gifted youngster, which is why it is easy to understand Eriksen's decision to reject interest from Manchester City 18 months ago. "Again, it was the feeling to get to a big club where they buy some new players every six months. Then, probably, if you didn't do well in the beginning, you would go out on loan. I wouldn't like that. For me, it was just about wanting to play. At that point I was just 19 years old, so I had no hurry."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...n-eriksen-ajax