6 hours ago, ducavis said:

Not this crap again, he is finished. 4 goals & 6 assists in 4 seasons in La Liga is very poor, wouldn’t take him back even if he offered to play for free.

He's less injured now but still on the bench since Vini Junior established himself there. I think he can do more for us even at this stage of his career in comparison to most of the attackers we have.

3 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

He's less injured now but still on the bench since Vini Junior established himself there. I think he can do more for us even at this stage of his career in comparison to most of the attackers we have.

No he can’t. He can’t even get in ahead of Valverde a DM as a winger, Carlo has also preferred playing Camavinga a DM as a 10 ahead of him. The Belgians are contemplating taking him out of their starting 11 because he has been awful.

7 hours ago, ducavis said:

No he can’t. He can’t even get in ahead of Valverde a DM as a winger, Carlo has also preferred playing Camavinga a DM as a 10 ahead of him. The Belgians are contemplating taking him out of their starting 11 because he has been awful.

At least we made a nice chunk of money from his sale. Sad to see his demise. Hazard in his prime is exactly what we could use right now. 

It was impossible at the time to turn down the deal, turned out there was no winner out of it. Real got a player on the bench most of the time, Hazard lost the best of his years, and we lost the last great player we had and never recovered despite that CL win.

He's being linked with Newcastle and Villa. There's no point sitting on the bench so he might take up a loan.

Ok so I'll fill everyone in on the situation.

The message has never been louder from RM than right now, Eden Hazard does not have a future at Real Madrid. The club have continually searched for a solution to their conundrum which is their highest paid player regularly sits on the bench.

He is not needed, with Vini Jr, Rodrygo, Valverde, Asensio and now even Mariano ahead of him. They asked him to find a new club in the summer either on loan or permanently. 

Eden to his credit has tried his best to get fit, he is now for the most part injury free, Anceolotti does not count on him in part because his profile doesn't really fit into his system. I also suspect he's under orders from above to force him out through lack of play time. Without playtime a player cannot get into form. 

Madrid know if Eden doesn't play he's unlikely to get injured therefore, the probability of a sale is higher. Their hope is a successful world cup campaign will allow him to showcase his ability putting him in the shop window. 

Eden saw Madrid as his dream move and rightly so tried as hard as possible to hold on. Sadly circumstances have not worked out in his favour, despite the jokes of his weight. One major injury set all of this in motion. Say what you want about his professionalism, but he was fit always for us. It was a very serious injury and sadly resulted in him picking up the injury prone tag. This is in part due to Zidane allowing him to return each time before he was fully ready. The Madrid medical team must take some responsibility also. 

Now that everyone is up to speed the major question remaining, is Eden Hazard a gamble worth taking? If we look at age 31 is nothing that is not a reason to overlook him. Secondly his transfer value is currently valued at €12m, Madrid are also willing to loan him. Thus making him a low risk deal, with a potential of a high value return. Finally does he still have world class ability?

Imho yes, but not in the way people expect. Eden Hazard is a complicated footballer, if you take away the goals and assists. You still have an entertainer. Has his ability diminished? I don't think so, I think he's sorely lacking confidence, his shooting ability is the most obvious deterioration. Most people think he's lost his dribbling ability, this is untrue he can still complete dribbles however, his confidence is holding him back. He doesn't have the trust of the manager, when he's played he tries to play too safe out of fear too many mistakes means he'll be dropped to the bench. 

Often he plays the ball back, however in transition he still makes dangerous runs forward on and off the ball, he can still beat a press and has good ball retention skills. His playmaking skills (severly underrated) remain, he can still link up play well and create key passes. 

The point of this post isn't to convince people we should be resigning Eden hazard, more so to give a detailed analysis of the situation for others to make their own mind up. What I will say is, if he's the man I think he is then he has to go hard this world cup. No doubt he was the best player at the 2018 World Cup and had Belgian made it to the finals he wins the award not Modric (who was amazing also). 

Eden has nothing to lose now and a stellar WC performance offers him either a second chance a Madrid (who really would rather sell him even if he's the best performers but Eden can still hope), but also the opportunity to show any other potential buyer/interested parties what he can still do. 

Buying Eden Hazard shouldn't deter us from signing a player like Nkunku, rather it's the type of signing you make in conjuction. If Eden is put on the market place come January after a good world cup the question is do we then consider his return

 The concerns about him ruining his legacy are unfounded, regardless of how he performs no one can rewrite history. We all know what we achieved together with him. A bad 6 month loan doesn't change this. As seen in the past when players return they can actually help us win a league title (Drogba, Luiz) or be part of winning a champions league (Lamps, Cech). 

Does he offer more than Havertz, Ziyech and some of our other attackers? That's a question that could only he answered if we gave him a chance. Eden Hazard had the ability to win a balloon d'or, at 31 his career is not finished he now needs to reinvent himself as his days of being a pacey winger are gone. With the help of an good or elite manager that backs him I think he still hqs a lot to offer any team but as a different player to the one that left Stamford Bridge. 

My final point is if he does leave Madrid to come back to the prem would you really want to see him in any other colours than royal blue?

 

 

 

With the amount of injuries we currently have I think bringing back an injury prone club legend would be a mini-disaster.

Roman would've grabbed him back with both hands, Todd will not! Too much of a 'name' to be around the club these days!

Its a good job Emile Heskey retired long before the takeover!

Newcastle is the perfect fit for him. It would be silly on his part to return to us.

25 minutes ago, Mod said:

Roman would've grabbed him back with both hands, Todd will not! Too much of a 'name' to be around the club these days!

Its a good job Emile Heskey retired long before the takeover!

Peter Crouch could still get his boots back on!

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Newcastle is the perfect fit for him. It would be silly on his part to return to us.

If we sell them

Pulisic

then we can give Hazard

his number 10 back

I don't buy much sporting memorabilia yet if Hazard wrote an autobiography I would buy it.

I can remember early on when we were still unsure about him and around the time he grabbed the ball boy in a cup match and then to see how he slowly changed to become the best in the EPL for a while and become the best attacker at the club. 

On 07/11/2022 at 18:54, Mod said:

Roman would've grabbed him back with both hands

Possibly, but he would have also given Lukaku another chance (Cech practically confirmed).

So Eden was at the Bridge yesterday. There’s some rumours that we’re interested in signing him on a short term deal due to Nkunku. Media might be putting 2+2=5 but I don’t think it’s a bad shout. Surely he can offer something. 
 

Only thing is that he doesn’t seem like a Poch signing fitness wise. Doesn’t train well, bit lazy. Doesn’t seem a good combo.  Unlikely to happen I think. 

As much as I love the bloke we sold him at the right time got the very best of him.

7 minutes ago, JM7 said:

So Eden was at the Bridge yesterday. There’s some rumours that we’re interested in signing him on a short term deal due to Nkunku. Media might be putting 2+2=5 but I don’t think it’s a bad shout. Surely he can offer something. 
 

Only thing is that he doesn’t seem like a Poch signing fitness wise. Doesn’t train well, bit lazy. Doesn’t seem a good combo.  Unlikely to happen I think. 

It's a terrible shout and this is coming from a card carrying Hazard fanboy.

He's not even a top flight level player in the present day.

8 minutes ago, JM7 said:

So Eden was at the Bridge yesterday. There’s some rumours that we’re interested in signing him on a short term deal due to Nkunku. Media might be putting 2+2=5 but I don’t think it’s a bad shout. Surely he can offer something. 
 

Only thing is that he doesn’t seem like a Poch signing fitness wise. Doesn’t train well, bit lazy. Doesn’t seem a good combo.  Unlikely to happen I think. 

I won't mind him as an attacking midfielder on a one year contract. He is still better than chukwuemeka or Gallagher as an attacking mid.

Have him do the gacon test - if he passes, sign him up!

He's lazy to train... sure I read that somewhere.

Las time I saw him playing a real game was that CL semi final tie. He's as good as retired, probably for the last 2 years.

We've got money to spare!

Get him a kit & some burgers! Make Lukaku grill them!

Is it bad that I would absolutely love this? 

8 hours ago, The Don Antonio said:

I won't mind him as an attacking midfielder on a one year contract. He is still better than chukwuemeka or Gallagher as an attacking mid.

No he isn’t! If he was even almost half as good, your Nottingham/Fulham type clubs will be offering him a contract. Coutinho is still a bit part player at Villa, but Hazard isn’t. Even the Arabs aren’t interested, his only option is the MLS.

1 minute ago, ducavis said:

No he isn’t! If he was even almost half as good, your Nottingham/Fulham type clubs will be offering him a contract. Coutinho is still a bit part player at Villa, but Hazard isn’t. Even the Arabs aren’t interested, his only option is the MLS.

Not entirely true, his representatives have merely been quite vocal that he has no interest in playing in Saudi. MLS, A-League or elsewhere in Asia looks likely - he'd be a great signing for a J-League or K-League team that would allow them to compete with Saudi teams in the Asian Champions League.

I'd still have him back for one year, playing as a luxury no. 10. The pace to play on the wings has gone but the ability to create from the centre of the park has not deserted him at all.

14 minutes ago, SydneyChelsea said:

Not entirely true, his representatives have merely been quite vocal that he has no interest in playing in Saudi. MLS, A-League or elsewhere in Asia looks likely - he'd be a great signing for a J-League or K-League team that would allow them to compete with Saudi teams in the Asian Champions League.

I'd still have him back for one year, playing as a luxury no. 10. The pace to play on the wings has gone but the ability to create from the centre of the park has not deserted him at all.

Like you said “great signing for J/K league..” has no business in the PL. There is a reason none of his clubs have played him as a “10”, and fingers crossed we are not crazy enough to try reinventing the wheel. I’d rather remember him as the club legend he was, not some parody or meme.