It has been revealed that Eden Hazard, who was transferred to Real Madrid with high expectations but was stigmatized as "free body" and "stuck" due to frequent injuries, was injured due to training too hard.
According to British talk sports, John Obi-Michel, who shared a room with Hazard at Chelsea, recently appeared on the YouTube channel "Rio Ferdinand Present Five" run by English legend Rio Ferdinand and said, "The reason Hazard suffered from injuries during his time in Real is because he trained so hard."
The Belgian striker Azar moved from Lille, France, to Chelsea, England in the 2012/13 season. Hazard, who has grown into the best winger in the Premier League with his simple yet brilliant dribbles, led Chelsea to the league championship in 2016/17. Hazard, who scored 110 goals and 92 assists in 352 games in seven years for Chelsea, headed to world-renowned Real in the 2019/20 season.
Real, which was feeling a big gap in the offense due to Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer to Juventus at the time, paid 115 million euros (about 162.8 billion won) to recruit Hazard. It was the highest transfer fee record in the club's history.
He came with a lot of expectations, but his performance did not reach that level. Due to self-management failures and poor form due to frequent injuries, he played only 76 games in four seasons and was stigmatized as free-body and black-and-white. Hazard, who was completely pushed out of the starting lineup last season, played only six league games and 194 minutes, and eventually ended his contract with Real last summer and became a free agent. From Real's point of view, it was a failed recruitment that could not recover any transfer fees. 스포츠토토
Hazard, who was taking a break without his team, announced his retirement from active duty last month, although he was also connected with the Saudi Arabian league and his own Belgian league teams.
At the time, Hazard said, "After 16 years of experience and more than 700 games, I decided to end my soccer career. I realized my dream and had fun in stadiums all over Europe and the world. I have met great people, coaches, and teammates throughout my career, and I would like to thank Lille, Chelsea, and Real Madrid's Belgium team once again."
Taking part in a charity event after retirement, he said: "Last season was really complicated. When I announced my retirement from the national team last year, I had already decided everything. I didn't enjoy going to training anymore. "I was going to quit because I couldn't get fun with soccer," he said, explaining that he had completely lost interest in soccer and decided to retire.
He did not talk about frequent injuries, but it was revealed through teammate Mikel during Chelsea. "I recently talked to Hazard, and he told me, 'Mikel, it's not that I didn't try for Real,'" Mikel said. "When I went to Real, I thought let's do it on my own and tried in training, but I got injured and my body couldn't withstand it."
"As I kept watching, I thought I should just quit," Mikel said. There was also an offer from Saudi Arabia, but I didn't need more money because I had a lot of money. I have to go to Saudi where I can make a million dollars a week? "Michel, I have a lot of money," he said. "You know how to live. He also refused to transfer to Saudi Arabia, saying, "I'm not a person who spends a lot of money."
However, contrary to Hazard's words, Hazard showed an unprofessional appearance, returning to his body swollen due to wrong eating habits, such as enjoying hamburgers during the preseason when he was in Real.
Even after the injury, he returned to his overweight body, which did not seem to be immersed in rehabilitation training, and was criticized by many fans.