When Eden Hazard signed with great fanfare for Real Madrid in the summer of 2019, few predicted that at this time he would find himself in the situation that he is.. The injuries have tortured him like never before in his career and have not allowed him to shine as a star of his caliber was expected. Now, recovered from the umpteenth setback, he faces the final stretch of the course with its Chelsea on the horizon and the intention of showing that this recovery has been the definitive one.
His physical mishaps have been of equal concern in Belgium, as he is expected to lead the Belgian Red Devils to great heights in the next Eurocup. There, in his native country, a person who knows him well has taken the floor. John Bico, who was Eden's agent until 2013, has analyzed in the Belgian newspaper La Dernière Heure the signing of his ex-represented by the white team, among many other things. One of the most prominent headlines is that it defends that La Louvière's should wait longer to land at the Bernabéu so that Cristiano Ronaldo's shadow wouldn't be so long. Of course, Bico's dates are crossed, since he understands that Hazard was the immediate patch of the Portuguese, when he arrived a year after the goodbye of CR7.
“It was a mistake to sign for Madrid at that time”
John Bico, former agent of Eden Hazard
Signing in 2019: “It was a mistake to go to Real Madrid at that time. It was his choice, he made it with his heart, but without reason. Should be gone a year sooner or later, but never the year Ronaldo left (actually Cristiano left in 2018). Arriving after your departure is like climbing the Himalayas with bare hands. You have to know how to dare to say no to Eden and, unfortunately, some do not dare. I would have advised him to leave the year before or a year later, leaving Chelsea through the big door. “
Eden Hazard's last four seasons. BeSoccer Pro
Was it appropriate to go to Madrid?: “People don't realize and forget the athletic dimension of this team. They have a very physically demanding game in terms of pace and intensity, because the technical level of the team is close to 10/10. Great talents like James are not. have adapted. In that sense, Eden is not a player for Real Madrid, but for Barça. It is to Barça where it should have gone, where the ball runs faster than the players, unlike Madrid, where the project does not go according to its physiognomy. He should have stayed one more season at Chelsea to walk out the front door and, above all, prepare his body for the changes to come. At Barça he would have had a great time, he would have had more freedom on the pitch, he would have had the ball constantly at his feet, he would have become the best player in the world“.
Hazard's entourage: “Eden is 30 years old and you have to stop talking to her as if she were 12, making her face her responsibilities. When Mbappé is not well, Deschamps takes him out, says it and tells him. When people talk about Eden, they are sweet to him. I love the way Roberto Martínez leads the Red Devils, but when he talks about Eden, I have the impression that he is talking about the Virgin Mary! You can't face the season in the state it was in. You have to tell him things, no one knows him better than I do and those who care about him the most should make him face his responsibilities, we have to stop infantilizing him. Eden needs a challenge. The facts prove it. “
Possible transfer to Tottenham: “If Modric and Bale had stayed, Eden would have signed for Tottenham”.