“Hazard is the worst training of all that I have played with”

John Obi Mikel is a 33-year veteran midfielder for Stoke City in the Championship. However, in his day he was one of the most promising footballers on the planet, a fact that made Chelsea set their eyes on him. There shared team with Eden Hazard, now immersed in an eternal fight against setbacks since signing for Real Madrid. In London he was the alpha male. At least during the games …

And is that the Nigerian footballer has recognized on occasion that the Belgian had two faces. One dedicated to marveling when the spotlights were pointed and a very different one when they were turned off. “When we were training, he would wait for us standing until we finished. He is the laziest player, but then on Sundays he was always the best in the game. He was incredible.”he explained to BeIn Sports in 2019.

Well, in an interview with The Athletic, in which he contributed his vision about the controversial Champions semi-finals between Barcelona and Chelsea in 2019 and acknowledged that Mark Clattengurg made racist insults against him, he also had a few words for his former teammate. Again he was impressed by his conditions and places him at a similar height to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, but his performance in training returns to the stage.

“I can be close to Cristiano and even be better”

“I've always said that Hazard is one of the most gifted players, he had it all: speed, power, skill, technique … He was right behind Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. But only if he wanted to. He sometimes said, 'Yes. I want to be so good, I can be. Not as good as Messi because he is from another planet, but I think I can be close to Cristiano and even better. ' Those were the words that came out of his mouth, but he's not that dedicated. He doesn't train well, he's the worst training player I've ever played with “he explained.

“Why is it so bad? OMG. Eden, Eden, Eden … ahhhh. Because it was so good that nobody said anything. He would arrive on Saturday and win the game for us, he was the man of the match. But on Monday and Tuesday, he was in training and it was like he wasn't there. Standing, wandering. Everybody fighting, screaming at the games and he didn't do any of that. But you saw him on the pitch, how good he was … It is not fair that some people are so talented! “, Ended an Obi Mikel with two clearly conflicting opinions about crack from La Louvière.