Christian Eriksen's agent has rubbished reports the Tottenham playmaker has a chronic stomach injury.

The Denmark midfielder has missed the last four Spurs games with an abdominal problem suffered in the 2-1 win at Brighton and on Monday his national boss, Age Hareide, said: “Such an injury can be chronic and it is true that Tottenham also fears that.”

But Eriksen’s agent, Martin Schoots, told Standard Sport that Hareide’s comments had been lost in translation: “Some international media have translated Hareide’s words badly.

“Christian has no chronic injuries — nobody has said that. He just has an injury related to some fatigue and, for that reason, he is having some rest. That is normal because otherwise it would not heal.

“Somebody has not translated well. Christian is doing everything to be back as soon as possible.”

Eriksen has missed matches against Watford, Huddersfield, Barcelona and Cardiff and has been left out of the Denmark squad for Saturday’s Uefa Nations League tie against the Republic of Ireland and next week’s friendly against Austria.

The 26-year-old, who missed just one League game last season, has been doing light training alone at Spurs’s Enfield training base and although there is no timeframe on his return, the club are relaxed about his fitness.