The Welsh club were interested in signing the Danish international – who suffered a cardiac arrest whilst playing for his country at Euro 2020 – last summer but chief executive Michael Williamson has revealed that the former Manchester United star didn't want his story featured in the acclaimed Welcome to Wrexham series that documents the team's progression under Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
Williamson told That Wrexham Podcast: "I reached out to the agent and what was really interesting in the first call is the reaction was, 'We don't want his story to be in a documentary, because we've had plenty of opportunities for a documentary for his story.'
"He thought we were calling not because of his footballing capabilities, but because we wanted a documentary story.
"I'm like, 'Wait a minute. I didn't even think about that.' Obviously, I'm aware of it, but that wasn't the reason we were calling.
"We were calling because he could potentially be an interesting footballer, we're looking for players that could play for us in the Championship. Difference makers that could help us be competitive on the pitch.
"After I explained what our actual objectives were, trying to build a competitive squad and that I wasn't even thinking about it from a documentary perspective, we had a great conversation."
Eriksen eventually signed for Bundesliga club Wolfsburg but Williamson feels that Wrexham's transfer business was enhanced by their interest in the ex-Tottenham playmaker.
Williamson explained: "I wasn't expecting the agent to come out and say what he said because I typically expect those conversations to be confidential.
"But what it did was it sent a signal around the players' market, if you will. That we were serious about being competitive.
"I think that was important because a lot of people were just saying, 'OK, what's Wrexham doing? You know, they've been a little bit quiet at the start of the market, but now they want to be competitive.'
"It opened up doors and conversations to bring players like Kieffer (Moore), Josh (Windass), (Liberato) Cacace, Lewis O'Brien, Conor Coady."
