At Real Madrid they don't understand Eden Hazard (29 years old) and her performance in this selection window. The white club unsuccessfully groped the Belgian Federation so that neither he nor Courtois were called up for the start of the League of Nations and the course of events has left an important mosqueo with the most expensive signing in the history of the entity. While the goalkeeper returned to Spain on Friday to join the team's preseason, Eden stayed … not to play a single minute.
The funny thing is that Hazard considered not to go to the call of Belgium. He saw how Modric and Odegaard had given up on going to Croatia and Norway, respectively, and knew firsthand of Courtois's plans in this regard. Finally, Roberto Martínez convinced him that they needed him in the Belgian dressing room and that with the Belgian Red Devils he would have the best possible preparation, minutes of competition included, thinking about the start of the League.
The attacker followed an individualized plan in Tubize, according to Madrid specialists, in the early days of the rally. For his medical history and for joining the sessions with the group on Friday, just 24 hours before the first duel, the possibility of him jumping onto the grass was losing strength, as it finally happened. Consequently, the same thing happened with the option to fly from Copenhagen to Madrid.
In Brussels things did not improve, to the amazement of Madrid. Time was passing and his player was not even warming up for the clash with Iceland. Roberto Martínez had publicly stated at first that he would appear in at least one of the matches, if not both, and later narrowed it down to one. But ehe summary of this last week is very negative from the perspective of the sports management: Hazard has been with Belgium instead of with the team so as not to play. Bad prologue, therefore, of a season in which all eyes turn to him for the performance of the first season, marked by a muscle injury and two bone injuries that will force him to be treated on his right ankle until his retirement.