Truly an elite player.

Hes finally peaking and looks unplayable every week, imagine what he can do next year. I’m so gutted he’s gone.

Just thinking the other day about how many crap strikers this guy has had to play with at Chelsea. 

Edited April 15, 20197 yr by jack_super_class

18 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

He hasn't blown his nose on Hazard, but he's definitely done it close to him on purpose in my opinion. Why would he move forward like that just blow snot out of his nose?

Looking at that clip it is hard to see how he didn't do that on purpose. He could have done that anywhere else but chose to move right over Hazard and direct it at him. To me that is as bad as spitting, and could have been a red. Equally appalling is that Michael Oliver clearly saw it and didn't even have a word with Fabinho. Says it all really. 

News in Spain is reporting that a done deal is complete for Eden Hazard. I dont think it is a smart idea for Real Madrid to buy him. He is not what is needed. 

I think we need to watch the last couple of League and Europa games and just be thankful and grateful he stuck with us for seven years. These 6-7 games will be his last with us.

How many times has it been reported the deal is done? Until Eden is in Madrid holding up his shirt while the ink is drying on the contract nothing is done. 

What will we do without him and our future transfer ban?

4 minutes ago, IliyaKrostin said:

What will we do without him and our future transfer ban?

Hopefully the team starts to play without him. Maybe the team suffers because he is so good, rather than succeeds because of it. It's not healthy that he is involved in 50% of our goals...so hopefully if he leaves the team improves. 

It does happen, Tottenham when Kane is injured is an example. The team can't just think "give it to hazard". 

 

That's my optimistic take. I don't definitely believe it. 

Best of luck to him. He deserves better than being kicked from pillar to post with no protection from the useless PL refs.

I found some nice locker room bulletin board material to hang up

Thanks Sir Red Nose for this tidbit 

Having seen Nike promo material for the new shirt with Hazard wearing it I'm pretty confident no deal has been done yet.  However it not the first time players have moved after they've been in the new season photoshoot.  With it being well documented that he's undecided on his future,  I'm just hoping they wouldn't have had Hazard only shots if he wasn't staying.

2 hours ago, DarkMata said:

Having seen Nike promo material for the new shirt with Hazard wearing it I'm pretty confident no deal has been done yet.  However it not the first time players have moved after they've been in the new season photoshoot.  With it being well documented that he's undecided on his future,  I'm just hoping they wouldn't have had Hazard only shots if he wasn't staying.

Means absolutely nothing I'm afraid, a club will want to sponsor their best player regardless if he's leaving or not, many many examples of players leaving after advertising new shirts. 

It all falls on Madrid really, Zidane being back is a problem since he has always been a big fan of Hazard, but I think maybe Zidane might realise Hazard shouldn't even be in the top 10 of targets that Madrid currently need right now. 

6 hours ago, Slojo said:

Means absolutely nothing I'm afraid, a club will want to sponsor their best player regardless if he's leaving or not, many many examples of players leaving after advertising new shirts. 

It all falls on Madrid really, Zidane being back is a problem since he has always been a big fan of Hazard, but I think maybe Zidane might realise Hazard shouldn't even be in the top 10 of targets that Madrid currently need right now. 

Thats the Realisation of faith i'm clinging to, Certainly if i was Zidane, Mbappe would be my no1 Priority

He's our best player by streets and has been a great servant but I think it's time for him to go, for his own career and to let us properly rebuild.

We are so Hazard-centric  that while ever he is here we will be trying to maximise his ability to contribute. I think we may be able to progress into a better team unit attack and defence wise if we invest the fee wisely.

On 19/04/2019 at 06:59, Luca Vialli said:

I think we need to watch the last couple of League and Europa games and just be thankful and grateful he stuck with us for seven years. These 6-7 games will be his last with us.

It's not fleetwood town he was playing for in all that time.He's been part of two Premier League winning sides amongst other trophies in those 7 years.

If sticking with us is all he was doing he was very successful.

10 hours ago, Ballack & Blu said:

Thats the Realisation of faith i'm clinging to, Certainly if i was Zidane, Mbappe would be my no1 Priority

Even Salah or Mane, both younger and actually score more goals, which is something Madrid desperately need. Hell, even Neymar seems to be wanting to leave PSG, he's lethal when played to his strengths. 

It's what we've always suspected, the key to Hazard's brilliance is his prominent arse:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/04/27/eden-hazards-buttocks-secret-success/

 

Part 2 is next week: Hasselbaink and Ivanovic

1 hour ago, PloKoon13 said:

It's what we've always suspected, the key to Hazard's brilliance is his prominent arse:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/04/27/eden-hazards-buttocks-secret-success/

 

Part 2 is next week: Hasselbaink and Ivanovic

This is an extract from an article in the Telegraph on the state of Real Madrid's finances. Interesting in that it suggests they may simply not be able to afford to buy Hazard, especially if we demand full immediate payment - anyone fancy a swap deal for Gareth Bale?? 

The same goes for their opponents today, Chelsea, who seemed resigned to losing Eden Hazard to Madrid with just a year left on his contract. If you totted up all the transfer fees and wages Madrid are supposed to be spending this summer you would probably have enough to buy United from the Glazers. Although the only figures that matter are those the Spanish club publish.

Their intermediate accounts corresponding to the first half of the 2018-2019 season, up to Dec 31, are the hard evidence that debunk the myth of a cash-rich Madrid. Published on April 9, they revealed there was no cash in the club during last summer or this January’s transfer windows. The €64 million that appeared in the accounts corresponded to the amount that fell due to the tax authorities in January. Crucially, the wage bill, even after the sale of Ronaldo in the summer, rose from €200 million for the same period the previous year to €205 million.

Ronaldo’s sale kept Madrid in profit, just as the sale of the likes of Danilo and Alvaro Morata had done in previous years and they will have to sell again if they are to acquire players. That relies on the market being prepared to pay a big fee for Gareth Bale, as well as annual wages likely to be around €28 million. Ideally for Madrid they would sell loanees James Rodriguez and Mateo Kovacic but neither Bayern Munich nor Chelsea seem that eager.

When Ed Woodward took power at Old Trafford in 2013 he declared United would never be under financial pressure to sell their best players to Spain’s two biggest clubs and certainly as things stand, that should be the case.  On the pitch, United have not made that task any easier, but when it comes to their respective financial situations, Old Trafford is in the stronger position.

 

Madrid’s latest accounts show that current accruals – money received in advance for services to be delivered next year – have increased significantly from €67 million in June 2017 to €129 million in December 2019. Despite that, there is no cash in these accounts to make the sort of signings with which they are consistently linked. From where do those in thrall to the years of Madrid acquisitiveness think this money will magically emerge?

The week has brought a change of weather over the likelihood of Christian Eriksen, in the final year of his contract at Tottenham Hotspur, leaving for Madrid – with Daniel Levy’s intransigence being cited as a key reason.

Or perhaps he too has cast his eye over the financial results from Madrid and wondered where Eriksen might rank in their fantasy list dependent on money they do not yet have.

The question facing Chelsea, who look the most vulnerable of all as regards Hazard, is whether they could face next season with a transfer embargo and money they cannot spend raised by the sale of their best player. They may look at the example of David De Gea, who entered the final year of his contract at United and, after a very near-miss with Madrid, signed another deal. Madrid simply do not have the funds to pay one-off big fees unless they sell first.

 

Revenue has stagnated for the half-year period, from €374 million up from €370 million, sustained by earnings from their Champions League prize money (up from €32 million to €54 million) and an increase in member contributions (€24 million to €27 million). Neither can be relied on for the next half-yearly results. Marketing revenue was down €17 million, mainly a consequence of losing a €30 million Telefonica contract.

The adidas deal expires at the end of next season and has not yet been renewed, with sales in their shops down 30 per cent. Above all, it is about cash, and Madrid are stretched in their borrowing too. The club have agreed to borrow €575 million to fund their stadium development with annual payments of €29.5 million due from July 2023 to July 2049. They also have a credit line with lender Providence Equity Partners, although given that was agreed in return for a share of any increase in their declining marketing revenue, it is unclear how much will be at the club’s disposal.

They have a manager who returned to the club, presumably on the promise of a rebuild. Zinedine Zidane has already signalled his displeasure with president Florentino Perez’s big signing of last summer Thibaut Courtois, dropping him for Keylor Navas. But the question for Madrid remains not who they will sign, or for how much – but with what?

22 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

This is an extract from an article in the Telegraph on the state of Real Madrid's finances. Interesting in that it suggests they may simply not be able to afford to buy Hazard, especially if we demand full immediate payment - anyone fancy a swap deal for Gareth Bale?? 

The same goes for their opponents today, Chelsea, who seemed resigned to losing Eden Hazard to Madrid with just a year left on his contract. If you totted up all the transfer fees and wages Madrid are supposed to be spending this summer you would probably have enough to buy United from the Glazers. Although the only figures that matter are those the Spanish club publish.

Their intermediate accounts corresponding to the first half of the 2018-2019 season, up to Dec 31, are the hard evidence that debunk the myth of a cash-rich Madrid. Published on April 9, they revealed there was no cash in the club during last summer or this January’s transfer windows. The €64 million that appeared in the accounts corresponded to the amount that fell due to the tax authorities in January. Crucially, the wage bill, even after the sale of Ronaldo in the summer, rose from €200 million for the same period the previous year to €205 million.

Ronaldo’s sale kept Madrid in profit, just as the sale of the likes of Danilo and Alvaro Morata had done in previous years and they will have to sell again if they are to acquire players. That relies on the market being prepared to pay a big fee for Gareth Bale, as well as annual wages likely to be around €28 million. Ideally for Madrid they would sell loanees James Rodriguez and Mateo Kovacic but neither Bayern Munich nor Chelsea seem that eager.

When Ed Woodward took power at Old Trafford in 2013 he declared United would never be under financial pressure to sell their best players to Spain’s two biggest clubs and certainly as things stand, that should be the case.  On the pitch, United have not made that task any easier, but when it comes to their respective financial situations, Old Trafford is in the stronger position.

 

Madrid’s latest accounts show that current accruals – money received in advance for services to be delivered next year – have increased significantly from €67 million in June 2017 to €129 million in December 2019. Despite that, there is no cash in these accounts to make the sort of signings with which they are consistently linked. From where do those in thrall to the years of Madrid acquisitiveness think this money will magically emerge?

The week has brought a change of weather over the likelihood of Christian Eriksen, in the final year of his contract at Tottenham Hotspur, leaving for Madrid – with Daniel Levy’s intransigence being cited as a key reason.

Or perhaps he too has cast his eye over the financial results from Madrid and wondered where Eriksen might rank in their fantasy list dependent on money they do not yet have.

The question facing Chelsea, who look the most vulnerable of all as regards Hazard, is whether they could face next season with a transfer embargo and money they cannot spend raised by the sale of their best player. They may look at the example of David De Gea, who entered the final year of his contract at United and, after a very near-miss with Madrid, signed another deal. Madrid simply do not have the funds to pay one-off big fees unless they sell first.

 

Revenue has stagnated for the half-year period, from €374 million up from €370 million, sustained by earnings from their Champions League prize money (up from €32 million to €54 million) and an increase in member contributions (€24 million to €27 million). Neither can be relied on for the next half-yearly results. Marketing revenue was down €17 million, mainly a consequence of losing a €30 million Telefonica contract.

The adidas deal expires at the end of next season and has not yet been renewed, with sales in their shops down 30 per cent. Above all, it is about cash, and Madrid are stretched in their borrowing too. The club have agreed to borrow €575 million to fund their stadium development with annual payments of €29.5 million due from July 2023 to July 2049. They also have a credit line with lender Providence Equity Partners, although given that was agreed in return for a share of any increase in their declining marketing revenue, it is unclear how much will be at the club’s disposal.

They have a manager who returned to the club, presumably on the promise of a rebuild. Zinedine Zidane has already signalled his displeasure with president Florentino Perez’s big signing of last summer Thibaut Courtois, dropping him for Keylor Navas. But the question for Madrid remains not who they will sign, or for how much – but with what?

Think a lot of that needs to be taken with a pinch of salt find it hard to believe a club like Madrid don't have the funds available to spend big.Especially after how successful they've been over the years. 

Even if it is true that leaves us in a difficult position with hazard because if he doesn't sign a new contract and we can't find a buyer he walks for free.

Is it me or is he always pretty poor when we play at Old Trafford?.

When asked about his future in the interview after the game today Hazard winks at the camera.  I'm taking that as he's 100% staying and nobody can convince me otherwise. 

3 hours ago, DarkMata said:

When asked about his future in the interview after the game today Hazard winks at the camera.  I'm taking that as he's 100% staying and nobody can convince me otherwise. 

Spot on, he's convinced CL football will be Chelseas, and he wants to play with us

3 hours ago, DarkMata said:

When asked about his future in the interview after the game today Hazard winks at the camera.  I'm taking that as he's 100% staying and nobody can convince me otherwise. 

Could be club have told him we won't sell him so he will be here for 1 more season.

16 hours ago, DarkMata said:

When asked about his future in the interview after the game today Hazard winks at the camera.  I'm taking that as he's 100% staying and nobody can convince me otherwise. 

He always winks, nothing in it.