🇧🇪 Eden Hazard

[Blue Armour 4,439]

The entire quote:

"I'm waiting for new players next season," said Hazard. "I want good players, because I want to win the Premier League next season."

Hazard is also aware that his next contract could be one of the last he signs during the prime of his career, adding: "That's why I'm taking my time. It's something big, so I need to think about a lot of things. But one thing is for sure: I'm happy here."

 

"Like I've said many times before, I think the FA Cup final is not my last game for Chelsea," he said. "It's the last game of the season, that's it.

"After the World Cup, then we will be ready for the next season. But, for me in my mind, I'm here. I have one week to play now. Saturday is a massive game, I just want to win, for me and them also.

"We are Chelsea and we need a trophy at the end of the season and, at the moment, we have nothing. We have not qualified for the Champions League, so this season has been bad. Now we can save a little bit this season, with this trophy. So, we will give everything."

 

[the wes 7,212]

16 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

The entire quote:

"I'm waiting for new players next season," said Hazard. "I want good players, because I want to win the Premier League next season."

Hazard is also aware that his next contract could be one of the last he signs during the prime of his career, adding: "That's why I'm taking my time. It's something big, so I need to think about a lot of things. But one thing is for sure: I'm happy here."

 

"Like I've said many times before, I think the FA Cup final is not my last game for Chelsea," he said. "It's the last game of the season, that's it.

"After the World Cup, then we will be ready for the next season. But, for me in my mind, I'm here. I have one week to play now. Saturday is a massive game, I just want to win, for me and them also.

"We are Chelsea and we need a trophy at the end of the season and, at the moment, we have nothing. We have not qualified for the Champions League, so this season has been bad. Now we can save a little bit this season, with this trophy. So, we will give everything."

 

We don't want to go down that arsenal path that cost RVP leaving arsenal ffs 

[Unionjack 7,531]

I'd love to know how his fellow workmates feel about his situation and comments. Must make them feel so happy and filled with desire to do their best, or shake him warmly by the throat,

When Conte comes out saying we need to be better in the transfer maket he is whining and it ill have a bad effect on players yet Eden says he will only stay if he has better players around him hes done the right thing.

[DDA 9,938]

I think what Eden has come out and said is absolutely right. He deserves to play alongside better players. He is saying he loves the club ans his head and heart is here but he will wait to see what players are brought in the summer. He is coming to a crucial stage in his career. He isn't getting any younger and he does need to think about what he will achieve as an individual. It's actually really refreshing to see that he is giving the club that he loves a chance to match his ambition. Let's face it, he is the best player here at Chelsea and the fact that he plays alongside average Joes bar a select few is just not good enough.

[Jase 43,479]

2 hours ago, DDA said:

I think what Eden has come out and said is absolutely right. He deserves to play alongside better players. He is saying he loves the club ans his head and heart is here but he will wait to see what players are brought in the summer. He is coming to a crucial stage in his career. He isn't getting any younger and he does need to think about what he will achieve as an individual. It's actually really refreshing to see that he is giving the club that he loves a chance to match his ambition. Let's face it, he is the best player here at Chelsea and the fact that he plays alongside average Joes bar a select few is just not good enough.

Think we all can agree 1000000% with what he said about getting better, quality players but this cat and mouse game he has been playing is getting tiresome. This is a player who has been flirting with Real Madrid for the past few years and now suddenly threatens to leave if we don't meet his demands? I understand a player's career is short and they want the best but if we're really talking about 'love' or even 'loyalty' here, then shouldn't he stick with the club through thick and thin? If he genuinely loves the club, then shouldn't he just sign the contract? Plus, is he now suddenly making these demands because Real no longer want him or aren't bothered about him at all? Didn't hear him saying this at all prior to this. 

[DDA 9,938]

10 minutes ago, Jason said:

Think we all can agree 1000000% with what he said about getting better, quality players but this cat and mouse game he has been playing is getting tiresome. This is a player who has been flirting with Real Madrid for the past few years and now suddenly threatens to leave if we don't meet his demands? I understand a player's career is short and they want the best but if we're really talking about 'love' or even 'loyalty' here, then shouldn't he stick with the club through thick and thin? If he genuinely loves the club, then shouldn't he just sign the contract? Plus, is he now suddenly making these demands because Real no longer want him or aren't bothered about him at all? Didn't hear him saying this at all prior to this. 

I think it is only fair to try and put yourself in Edens boots. He has the right to win the CL given the talent he was born with. There are very few better than him so why should he waste his one chance at winning the very best trophies football has to offer. It's not like he hasn't stuck around to see if we could develop into a European beast. It hasn't happend. He has shown loyalty in my opinion and yea he has flirted with the idea of leaving for Madrid but he hasn't done what 99% of the Worlds best players do and just left no matter who he pisses off. He has been pretty patient with us as a club. He has actually stuck with us throughout all the circus acts and merry go rounds of managers. It's only natural for him to finally be tempted to leave with no major progression on the horizon and he is at the peak of his career. I mean how would you feel if you saw the Drinkwaters and Zappacostas coming through the door when he could be playing alongside class acts at Madrid or Barca.!

[It's too big 625]

18 minutes ago, DDA said:

I think it is only fair to try and put yourself in Edens boots. He has the right to win the CL given the talent he was born with. There are very few better than him so why should he waste his one chance at winning the very best trophies football has to offer. It's not like he hasn't stuck around to see if we could develop into a European beast. It hasn't happend. He has shown loyalty in my opinion and yea he has flirted with the idea of leaving for Madrid but he hasn't done what 99% of the Worlds best players do and just left no matter who he pisses off. He has been pretty patient with us as a club. He has actually stuck with us throughout all the circus acts and merry go rounds of managers. It's only natural for him to finally be tempted to leave with no major progression on the horizon and he is at the peak of his career. I mean how would you feel if you saw the Drinkwaters and Zappacostas coming through the door when he could be playing alongside class acts at Madrid or Barca.!

He should try putting his foot down and scoring goals then. Look at Salah, Hazard has just as much and more natural talent but won't score anywhere near as many goals as Salah. In the last two seasons under Conte he has scored less than Salah has in one season. Everybody is acting like Hazard is the be all and end all for us, but he could be doing A LOT better in terms of goals. He just doesn't want to. Either that or we need a manager who will give the team that offensive freedom to score the goals, because as good as Hazard is, he could be doing a lot more with the talent he has. Making the excuse of the talent he has around him is poor, because that Liverpool midfield and defence (not including Van Dijk) is average and Salah has still been scoring goal after goal and creating chances. It is up to the player and mentally Hazard hasn't shown since he's been here that he's particularly hungry for goals. 

[Cosmin 2,484]

I agree with what he said, but I am not sure if it's right to be said by him. 

 

[Ledg 643]

2 minutes ago, Cosmin said:

I agree with what he said, but I am not sure if it's right to be said by him. 

 

I agree with him too, but yes, for me too it's not his job to comment on things like this.

How will the dressing room react when they read this? "Well, the best player in our teams think we're shit and need to be replaced."

So, if he says, then I guess Conte was right after all? 

[The Skipper 20,609]

6 hours ago, Unionjack said:

I'd love to know how his fellow workmates feel about his situation and comments. Must make them feel so happy and filled with desire to do their best, or shake him warmly by the throat,

When Conte comes out saying we need to be better in the transfer maket he is whining and it ill have a bad effect on players yet Eden says he will only stay if he has better players around him hes done the right thing.

I bet you most of them feel the same - that the club needs to invest in good players. Even the likes of Azpi were saying we needed more players last summer? 

[The Skipper 20,609]

49 minutes ago, Ledgi said:

So, if he says, then I guess Conte was right after all?

Of course Conte was right in that we need better players. Isn’t that what we’ve all been saying? Aren’t Eden and Conte allowed to have opinions? 

[Unionjack 7,531]

Just now, The Skipper said:

Even the likes of Azpi were saying we needed more players last summer? 

And theres no doubt in this world yo anybody that we do.

The problem is the players we got as I know you will agree.

I'm not convinced at all that Conte had anything to do with what we bought. All his supposed wants all said no. So you can imagine our board full of yes men - and woman - all thinking they can do better going and buying a load of wonkey donkeys. Pisses me right off.

What does upset me tho mate is when Save/eden says e need more/better players everyone jumps up agreeing. Conte comes out putting his head and job on the block moaning like fuck e need a better standard of transfers and he gets his nads chewed off. Doesn;t seem fair thats all. He wants whats best for the team at end of the day afterall.

[The Skipper 20,609]

1 hour ago, It's too big said:

He should try putting his foot down and scoring goals then. Look at Salah, Hazard has just as much and more natural talent but won't score anywhere near as many goals as Salah.

Salah plays under an attacking manager and is basically Liverpool’s striker. Hazard isn’t a goal scorer like that either and plays in a pragmatic, defensive system...

[The Skipper 20,609]

8 minutes ago, Unionjack said:

Conte comes out putting his head and job on the block moaning like fuck e need a better standard of transfers and he gets his nads chewed off. Doesn;t seem fair thats all. He wants whats best for the team at end of the day afterall.

Yeah I agree that it wasn’t fair for people to criticise Conte for it the first or second time around, but when you keep going back to the media and saying the same thing over and over again - as the manager it sets a sort of precedent/mentality in the squad. Amongst other repeated comments where he publically said CFC aren’t good enough several times, the mentality/tactical setups in must win games this season... I understand why he’s getting criticised for it. Sure, we didn’t have enough to seriously challenge this season but we should’ve had enough to finish top four, but Conte clearly doesn’t care like that anymore. 

If Eden came out repeatedly saying that “we need better players” throughout the season where we were actually fighting for a top four spot, sure, criticism would be fair. 

Eden’s been a bit more bold in the media recently though to be fair - he’s saying what we’re all thinking in a less brash way than Conte was, and he’s saying it at a less volatile time as well. Conte has bigger responsibility to manage the squad than Eden does, so naturally if he keeps claiming these things (especially when the transfer window is closed and we can’t do anything about it for example), I can see why people attacked Conte over it. We should be focusing on working with what we have. Not that I disagreed with Antonio over this though. 

[Unionjack 7,531]

1 minute ago, The Skipper said:

Yeah I agree that it wasn’t fair for people to criticise Conte for it the first or second time around, but when you keep going back to the media and saying the same thing over and over again - as the manager it sets a sort of precedent/mentality in the squad. Amongst other repeated comments where he publically said CFC aren’t good enough several times, the mentality/tactical setups in must win games this season... I understand why he’s getting criticised for it. Sure, we didn’t have enough to seriously challenge this season but we should’ve had enough to finish top four, but Conte clearly doesn’t care like that anymore. 

If Eden came out repeatedly saying that “we need better players” throughout the season where we were actually fighting for a top four spot, sure, criticism would be fair. 

Eden’s been a bit more bold in the media recently though to be fair - he’s saying what we’re all thinking in a less brash way than Conte was, and he’s saying it at a less volatile time as well. 

Eded is basically telling the guys he works with they arent good enough for him to work with.

How would you feel if you was one of them? I'd be pissed wouldn't you? No matter how frustrated he felt or how much we all agree theres ways to say things eh. But they both want the same thing - maybe for different reasons, but just hope they get their wish.

Conte might have gone on but you know what those pre/post game interviews are like. They want blood when they smell it in the water, so they ask the questions, he answers them. Its a thankless job and a fine line from hero to zero.

[Ayioros 76]

Hazard is our best players with Kante.

He is fully committed to the club, repeat many times he love the club and we can feel it.

After 6 seasons, he said again he don't care we have no UCL he is happy and ready to stay but only because he said he want better player it's a shame ?

Come on it's not a lack of respect for others players, players like Moses, Cahill, Alonso knows they are not top class player. Eden is a nice guys i'm pretty sur he has never had a fight with team mates not even rivals players. He don't stay he is angry because his teammates are shit but just a team like Chelsea need better recrues than Bakayoko, Drinkwater or Zappacosta and he has fucking right.

The guy knows he needs a different kind of football to express and shine.

He is not a Messi or Ronaldo, he is a dribbler,  one of the best dribbler in the world. So stop crying because he don't score 30 goals in a season because Salah make it one time.

He is a a different player in a different system. And it's obious to say if Hazard playing in team like City he would score many more goals.

When you have a player as talented as Hazard, when this player is a very nice guys, always smile, repeat he love this club, you should always be back him.

We see less of less this kind of mentality in football, he is a simple and humble person.

And even if is a flirt with Madrid because Real is his "dream child" who cares ? He has the right, he is not hypocritical to say Chelsea is his dream child but he learned to love this club.

How many players are really attach at our shirt now ?

Azpi for sur. Kante seem to be in right path. Christensen because is an academy player. Others like Rudiger will becoms in futur I hope.

If Madrid don't try to sign it, and we show amibitions I'm sur Eden would love finish his career for Chelsea. He should become a legend for us.

He has maybe not a leadership like lamps or Terry but we need commited players like that.

[Tomo 21,751]

Just now, Mana said:

No you're not. Because if let's say, we don't bring anybody good in...would you sign da ting?

If you are happy here, you would sign the contract now instead of waiting. 

Unless you are trying to pressure the board in to signing good players and secretly sticking with Chelsea, then I forgive.

He wants to win the CL before he retires, if we can only offer him a long shot at it he will consider his options regardless of how he feels for the club. He has nothing left to prove loyalty wise, he came here in the first place when he could have wrote his own cheque at any club in Europe AND given us 6 years of service, that is a ridiculously long time in the modern day, especially for someone who had no prior connection to us.

[The Skipper 20,609]

9 hours ago, Unionjack said:

Eded is basically telling the guys he works with they arent good enough for him to work with.

How would you feel if you was one of them? I'd be pissed wouldn't you? No matter how frustrated he felt or how much we all agree theres ways to say things eh. But they both want the same thing - maybe for different reasons, but just hope they get their wish.

Conte might have gone on but you know what those pre/post game interviews are like. They want blood when they smell it in the water, so they ask the questions, he answers them. Its a thankless job and a fine line from hero to zero.

Nah I’d agree with Eden that we need at least 3/4 top players if we want to seriously challenge for trophies again tbh pal. I’m sure most of the players would agree that the squad needs to be improved. 

Hazard hasn’t ever come out to say something like this tbh but personally, the board can’t continue to ignore stuff like this if it’s not just the manager, but our top players saying it as well. 

[robsblubot 3,595]

7 hours ago, Tomo said:

He wants to win the CL before he retires, if we can only offer him a long shot at it he will consider his options regardless of how he feels for the club. He has nothing left to prove loyalty wise, he came here in the first place when he could have wrote his own cheque at any club in Europe AND given us 6 years of service, that is a ridiculously long time in the modern day, especially for someone who had no prior connection to us.

If he wants to win the CL before he retires, fair game to him and he should def move, but reckon he should've started off by playing better in CL. Right now prospect buyers might be looking back at his contribution in CL and thinking that there might be more suitable players and targets for that particular competition.

BTW, his interview sounds pretty bad to me. It's OK for him to think that and demand it from the club internally, but never OK to say it to the press. He's basically saying his current teammates aren't good enough to play with him, or some might hear that.

[Unionjack 7,531]

5 hours ago, The Skipper said:

Nah I’d agree with Eden that we need at least 3/4 top players if we want to seriously challenge for trophies again tbh pal. I’m sure most of the players would agree that the squad needs to be improved. 

Hazard hasn’t ever come out to say something like this tbh but personally, the board can’t continue to ignore stuff like this if it’s not just the manager, but our top players saying it as well. 

So if you were in the team and Eden came out with this you wouldn't think he was talking about you then? He must be taling about someone else cause I know I'm shit hot!I

You know hat players egoes are like. I'm sure alot will be feeling upset shall I say!

It doesn't matter how much we all agree with him, we aren't in the team, we dont have to go out on the pitch in a good mood WANTING to win. And theres enough problems already without adding to them.

I THINK our problem is going to be buying the new players of a quality we NEED and can afford. Cause even getting rid of all the deadwood it wont give us the monety to bring in evev like for like.We need a substantial amount even for the 3 or 4 we need/would like.

Its not going to be sorted in one window is it?

I'm THINKING a new manager will be looking at a level or 2 down from the class we would all like us buying. but thats just my opinion.