Tony Cascarino, former English / Irish soccer player, and current sportscaster for Talksport, spoke of the Eden Hazard situation on the occasion of the meeting that England and Belgium will play in this national team break. For Cascarino, former Chelsea footballer (where he played from 1992 to 1994, the year in which he crossed the English Channel to play for Olympique de Marseille), Eden “should be at the level of the great players of all time, but he has had a really bad time since he left for Real Madrid for that big amount of money. He went to Real Madrid to become the best player in the world, he even talked about that when he arrived at Madrid, but how difficult it has been since he joined. It has been very hard for him. You have found it difficult. Obviously, injuries have played a big role in it, apparently he was a little overweight, he lost his confidence, but it seems that lately he has regained his form. Also, the Coronavirus pandemic has not helped him, it has affected his career, but what player can he still be for Belgium ”.
For Cascarino, his team, Belgium, “misses him. I remember his performance against Brazil in the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup, it was him and Neymar on the right and Hazard beat Neymar all night. It was simply magnificent. I really miss seeing Hazard being Hazard, because he's a great player when he's in tune. But disconnect. He has done it a couple of times: he has been disconnected in his career. Chelsea fans will tell you. There were a couple of occasions where he just disconnected at Chelsea. But when it turns on, it is at the height of the best players in history. The former player ended his presentation by summarizing Hazard in a simple comment: “We just haven't seen the best Hazard in a long time. “