Eden Hazard

[DYC. 7,542]

My guy is gone. Strangely enough I'm fine with this. I've been ready for this moment. Seven years is a long time. I did not expect him stay this long when he joined and I'm glad I got to watch him play in Blue for that long.

He came with the weight of the world on his shoulders. Most crumble under that kind of pressure but he never let the pressure get to him. I was always highly impressed by that.

His fitness always astounded me. Rarely missed a game and completing the full 90 min pretty much all the time. And the amount of fouls he would just absorb, including a ridiculous number of nasty fouls, yet he would just get up and play on. Never complained, never got angry and never sought to get some sort of (physical) revenge. That level of self control... I've never seen that in all my years watching football. Very inspiring to say the least.

And he's such a likeable guy. Funny, chill, humble but a bit brash still, and very warm and inviting. Oh yeah, and happy. My kind of guy.

I'm grateful for the memories. Not just a Chelsea legend but a legend of English football. Thoroughly enjoyed watching him play.

[milka 3,344]

it will be a one  hard summer 

[LAM09 6,744]

"Once a blue, always a blue!"
I guess that also applies to the snake that's in Madrid as well. *shrug*

Why are you seemingly bitter about is departure?

He's left on what is relatively good terms unlike is fellow countryman.

[whats happening 1,525]

matas departure hurt more. maybe because im prepared for months for hazard.

[LAM09 6,744]

That's why.
He left on better terms than Courtois, but let's not forget he did similar things compared to Courtois in the past. Always bigging up Madrid. The only difference really is his leaving statement. "I love you guys! Even though I'm abandoning you for the club that I dream to play for everyday, you're the best club and I wish you all the best! Oh and I hope we meet up so I can smash you!

The club's misdemeanours aren't of any bearing to Hazard. I'd be more inclined to think in a similar manner to yourself, if we were in Utd's situation.

He's arguably wanted to leave for 2-3 seasons now, so it's worked out well for both parties right now. Being in his prime or not is neither here nor there.

Constant flirting with RM is something that will certainly tarish his rep to some. I'm one of them tbh, but there ain't loyalty in football anymore.

[Supermonkey92 1,428]

He's such a legend 

[LAM09 6,744]

17 hours ago, Mana said:

You're kind of contracting yourself. If there's no loyalty in football and Hazard showed no loyalty by leaving us, why the feck are we still praising him and calling him legend?
Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for the past seven years he has put in to the club, but I'm not buying his leaving statement and I'm certainly not happy for him leaving us. People are calling him legend, but from today I'm scratching my head. Yes, he has been a massive servant to the club, one of the highest...but legend?
JT, Drogba, Zola, Osgood, Greaves, Lamps, Cech...those are legends. Giving their all to the club in their primes. You look elsewhere - Henry, Bergkamp, Keane, Carragher, Neville, Aguero, Kompany, Gerrard, Messi, Ronaldo... those are real club legends who played in their primes. Hazard, still has at least 2-3 years of his prime left and he wants to give it to Madrid.
You also heard it from the horse's mouth that Madrid is the club he wanted to play for since he was a kid. I bet he couldn't wait to get his arse out of Chelsea to play for his dream club. He got wish.
Thank you Hazard, but you're not getting a tear from me and you're not a legend to me. Have fun in Madrid.

Not at all. People are praising him for his output on the pitch and that's something you can't argue with. Only difference is legend having a different meaning to yourself than others.

Whether he is in his prime or not should have no relevance. Do you honestly think the names you mentioned would have stayed put had we been in a similar predicament?
I highly doubt it.

On a side note, didn't Henry push for a move in his prime to Barca or did I dream that up?

 

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

On 6.6.2019 at 9:27 PM, Vesper said:

£130m (if he hits all the add-ons) is brilliant business given he only had a year to go on his contract

This. Absolutely sublime. It is a record deal for Real Madrid the biggest spenders in football and the 5th biggest deal ever in football history as well. Only Mbappe (whose fee could still be eclipsed with bonus payments) coutinho, dembele and Neymar were more expensive and they were bought in their early 20ies or before with their prime ahead of them and in long term contracts. Hazard, 28 years and a few months, with 1 year left and his absolute peak behind him fetching that amount is great business.

[LAM09 6,744]

Nope, Henry left when he was dipping.

He was under 30 when he left. That's normally an attacker's prime years, so I disagree.

[LAM09 6,744]

Strikers are not all the same you know. Henry was a road runner striker with great shot accuracy. He lost the road runner bit before moving to Barca.
He only scored 12 goals in the season before moving to Barcelona. When before he was banging in 30's a season.
But he did fantastically well for one season with Barca scoring 26 goals but the following? 4.

Hazard has supposedly lost his turn of pace to beat a man according to many around here, so he's on the decline too.

Please don't cherry pick.

[LAM09 6,744]

Huh? First of all, is Hazard a striker?
Two, who said that?

I'm talking about facets of either player. Where did I bring up positions?

People on here, as I stated. If you wish to search it up, be my guess.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Best video of Hazard on Youtube. Never forget.

 

 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

2 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

This. Absolutely sublime. It is a record deal for Real Madrid the biggest spenders in football and the 5th biggest deal ever in football history as well. Only Mbappe (whose fee could still be eclipsed with bonus payments) coutinho, dembele and Neymar were more expensive and they were bought in their early 20ies or before with their prime ahead of them and in long term contracts. Hazard, 28 years and a few months, with 1 year left and his absolute peak behind him fetching that amount is great business.

He will likely have the best season or two of his career in spain due to league style and playing with better teammates. 

He is on last year indeed, but far from being after the peak. 

We are not a selling club and Real wanted our best player. The fee had to be big.

[Blue Armour 4,278]

Love you Eden

[Vesper 28,767]

All I hope for with Eden at RM is he smashes a ball in training and breaks Cuntois' nose.

'Ooooopsie!' 

 

hej Thibo

[Johnnyeye 7,440]

10 hours ago, MrExcalibur100 said:

Best video of Hazard on Youtube. Never forget.

 

 

fuck, this made me cry  , im going to miss this amazing player, man fuck Real Madrid.

[Hamilton 2,120]

The Horror!

Seeing Eden’s thread in the ex blues section 😭😭😭😭

 

[manpe 10,861]

Good luck to you, you absolute legend!

If joining RM has been his dream, then fair play to him for fulfilling his dream. Happy for him and happy that we got him at all 7 years ago. Looking forward to seeing how he will perform there.