Manchester United won't regret not signing Frenkie de Jong due to Christian Eriksen's fine start to the season, according to transfer insider Dean Jones.

The Red Devils tried to sign the Barcelona star all window, but ended up having to settle for Eriksen, with Casemiro their other midfield addition.

What's the latest news involving Eriksen?

The Denmark international, who's thought to be earning around £150,000 per-week at Old Trafford, was the cheapest of United's six summer arrivals after joining on a free transfer when his contract at Brentford expired but is quickly becoming their most impressive capture.

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Eriksen has played all-but seven minutes in the Premier League, already making one of the three midfield spots that Ten Hag likes to play with his own.

Against Arsenal, Eriksen was involved in each of the three goals, playing important passes to Bruno Fernandes for the opening two, before racing through and squaring for Marcus Rashford to score United's third.

As a result, the ex-Tottenham creator was named as Gary Neville's man of the match, with his three key passes more than any other United player.

And Jones reckons that Eriksen's fine start to the campaign could see the Red Devils quickly forget about not signing £54m-rated De Jong, who was linked with a switch to Old Trafford for more than 100 days.

What did Jones say about Eriksen?

He told GIVEMESPORT: "The way Eriksen is playing means United won't necessarily regret not getting De Jong after all.

"He's capable of so many of the same things Frenkie would have brought and more than that, he is a Premier League expert."

How did Eriksen perform against Arsenal?

Beyond his assist for Rashford, it was a really classy and controlled performance from the Dane, who once again pulled the strings in midfield.

A missed volley aside, Eriksen hardly put a foot wrong and kept United ticking over, completing 80.5 per cent of his attempted passes and took advantage of an Arsenal midfield that were without the influential Thomas Partey.

According to WhoScored, Eriksen was United's fourth-best performer behind Antony, Fernandes and Rashford, but Neville felt that he was their top player on the day.

He was fortunate that Gabriel Martinelli's early strike was ruled out after Martin Odegaard was adjudged by VAR to have fouled him in the build-up, but that was a rare lapse of concentration from an otherwise fine showing from the former Inter Milan man.

And if Eriksen continues performing at his current level in the months ahead, he could quickly become a fans' favourite with the Old Trafford faithful.