Christian Eriksen has been advised by Fabrice Muamba to retire from football after his heart attack at Euro 2020.

The Inter Milan star went into cardiac arrest during Denmark’s tournament opener against Finland but miraculously survived.

He’s yet to rule out a return, however, the Italian football authorities recently banned his club from playing him this season.

Muamba went into cardiac arrest while playing for Bolton in March 2012 and amazingly made a full recovery, but announced his retirement from football later that year.

And Muamba believes the former Tottenham midfielder would be wise to do the same.

“You’ve got to look at the bigger picture,” Muamba told talkSPORT. “Once you suffer something like this it’s not about you any more, it’s about the people around you.

“To be involved in a very intense sport like football is another difficult situation because you’re up and down and it’s not good for the heart.

“Me personally, I would advise him: You’ve played the game at the highest level, you won trophies, shake everyone’s hand and do something else with your life.

“Every time you go back on the pitch you’re putting a lot of people in danger, it’s not about you now.

“I did what I had to do. People ask me if I’m upset but I’m not in the sense that I came from Congo in Africa to England and I never knew I’d become a footballer. For me to play the game in England, I’ve lived the dream.

“This game was taken away from me, not because I was a bad player but because of an accident that I had no control of, but I still got to live the dream. I still get to enjoy life and do what I need to do.

“It’s not the end of the world. There are more things to do in life.”

Heart problems in footballers is sadly a topical subject, with Sergio Aguero being forced off during Barcelona’s clash at the weekend with breathing difficulties.

It’s since been revealed that the striker has an issue with his heart which puts him out of action for the next three months at least.

Muamba said there’s a ‘similarity’ between his case and that of the former Manchester City man but doesn’t want to jump to be any conclusions yet.

“With Sergio, he hasn’t collapsed on the pitch,” Muamba added. “Every situation is different but you can see there is a similarity in there – three months can become five months.

“If he can feel a pain in the chest does that mean when you come back you’ll feel it again? I can see the way it’s going but I don’t want to jump to conclusions yet. But there’s a similarity here.

“I pray to see him playing football again but I’m not going to be the one to say that he should go back and play because you’re putting a lot of people in danger.”