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Mads Hermansen celebrated Leicester City’s promotion knowing there was the added benefit of earning more money for his old side Brondby.
Hermansen has returned to his first senior club this week and will train with his former team-mates to keep up his fitness ahead of the European Championships this summer. The goalkeeper is expected to be selected as one of Kasper Schmeichel’s deputies in the Denmark squad.
He returned not only as a Championship winner, but having earned £500,000 more in transfer fees for Brondby, Danish press have reported. It takes the total transfer fee City have paid up to £6.5m.
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“Everything I can give back to Brondby in one way or another, I am happy about,” Hermansen said. “They are the ones who have created me as a player and have given me the chance to come out and show what I can do. I owe Brondby an insane amount, and whatever comes back to them, I'm just happy.”
Brondby are in title contention with two matches to play in the Danish Superliga. But despite the pressure of a title race, their manager Jesper Sorensen still took time out to praise Hermansen’s form at City.
In establishing himself as City’s undisputed number one, he’s become the new Schmeichel. And he could do the same for Denmark too, with City’s former captain now 37, 14 years older than Hermansen.
Sorensen said: “Mads has had a fantastic year. He has not just taken small steps, but real big steps. They can be hard to take, but he has shown the qualities.
“There were great expectations for Leicester after the club was relegated and had to return again. There has been pressure on. And it can be difficult in the goalkeeper position, but Mads has solved it really well.
“There are goalkeepers (in the Denmark national team) whose expiry date is approaching. I can easily see Mads taking over and solving that role.
“What you can say about Mads is that he has performed in an unfamiliar environment, where he has taken some impressive steps. He seems ready to take some new, big steps. Because they will come when he has to be challenged in the Premier League in the coming season.”
