Christian Eriksen admits he spoke with three different Manchester United managers during his career before finally signing for Erik ten Hag.

The Dane has signed a three-year contract at Old Trafford.

Eriksen spoke to ex United bosses Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but the timing was wrong.

Eriksen added that new United boss Ten Hag was key to him now joining.

"I've spoken to every manager who's been here at Man United to see what the situation was, but the timing wasn't there" said Eriksen, 30.

"I was at Spurs for a long time and wanted to try something abroad. I went to Inter and ended up having a lovely time.

"But then obviously something happened that changed the career path I had in mind. To be here is something I didn't think could happen a year ago."

Brentford boss Thomas Frank was keen to keep Eriksen and in the end, it came down to a straight choice between them and United as Tottenham boss Antonio Conte backed away from trying to lure the midfielder back to north London, where he spent seven years after join Spurs from Ajax in 2013.

"Tottenham was only talk," Eriksen said. "They never really came with anything so it wasn't really a thing for me to go back.

"I had good conversations with Manchester United. It was very positive from the first few phone calls and it felt like the club wanted me, so it was on for a long time.

"[Ten Hag's presence] definitely helped. How he sees football and how he wants to play suits my style of play and how I developed as a player at Ajax many years ago."