Photo News: Eriksen, who joined this summer, was promoted to the Wolfburg team committee and is expected to make his first appearance on the weekend

According to German media Bild, 33-year-old Wolfsburg new player Eriksen was selected as a member of the team committee by coach Paul Simonis.

Eriksen has been joining Wolfsburg for more than a week and has been on the roster against Cologne last week after just two training sessions. He is likely to make his Bundesliga debut as a substitute in his away game against Dortmund this Sunday.

During this period, head coach Paul Simonis also promoted Eriksen's position within the team: the midfielder immediately entered the team committee of six people designated by the head coach. Simonis revealed: "Christian is very experienced, and I also want a new player to join the committee." Other members of the Wolfburg committee include substitute goalkeeper Pavao Pervan, defender Killian Fisher, as well as three captains Arnold, Swanbery and Grabala. And despite the promotion, Eriksen will still wait on the bench first at Dortmund.

Simones stressed: "We have to be careful, we know that he hasn't trained at this intensity for months. But he is smart and we communicate every day. Our challenge is to make Christian a little better every day."

For the craze surrounding Eriksen, Simonis downplayed: "I don't care much about this. He is a great player, and it's normal to have this heat. He has a great career."

In contrast, Wolfsburg's performance at Dortmund in the past few years has not been so brilliant, and their bad stats are: Wolfsburg has only won one game in the last 20 Bundesliga games (2-0 in November 2022). In Dortmund's away game, Wolfburg has not won 12 consecutive Bundesliga games (2 draws and 10 losses). Recently, he has suffered seven consecutive losses, scoring 1 goal and conceding 24 goals.

Meanwhile, Simonis will have to abandon new player Lindstrom, the Danish striker who will be out for about two weeks due to a groin injury.