Eden Hazard

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

We dont need someone who’s career is basically winding down/wound down as an elite top top level footballer.

Or even if he rediscovers some of the magic he had he’s 30 now, high wages for 2/3 seasons before moving him on again?

Plus do you think we will be going and spending 40/50m at least on a 30 year old? Really? With our policy for 30+ year olds? Let him go to PSG, he will be a makeweight for Mbappe.

Edited May 26, 2021 by OneMoSalah

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

Lets see how he does at EURO.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,890]

I made this sentimental mistake many decades ago.

I was overjoyed when the club resigned The King in 1978. There wasn't a lot of money involved in that deal but Ossie had nothing, absolutely nothing, left to offer on the pitch. Though it took me a long time to admit that truth about my boyhood hero, the move was a waste of time for the club. I doubt Eden would be as bad on the pitch but even if it is a loan with Real covering some of his wages, the deal would still be expensive. I have to agree with everyone who says that there are better ways to use the money.

Edited May 28, 2021 by OhForAGreavsie

[King Kante 1,474]

Hazard isn't coming back. If he leaves I'd imagine he'll go PSG.

[Atomiswave 6,072]

If he is willing to go way down in wages and if RM dont want no more than 40M then I'll say he is worth a punt as a game changer etc. He could still do damage if taken care of properly.....will we see him here again? I doubt it.

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

32 minutes ago, Atomiswave said:

If he is willing to go way down in wages and if RM dont want no more than 40M then I'll say he is worth a punt as a game changer etc. He could still do damage if taken care of properly.....will we see him here again? I doubt it.

Nah only loan him if anything. They must be taking the piss if they think anyone is still gonna pay 40m for an ageing Hazard.

[The Rising Sun 709]

Could be the game changer for us and I'd have him back in a heartbeat. When you look at Man city Liverpool Utd, each having someone who can single handedly win games. We need that. 

However, tuchel will need to go 4 at the back to make space for another midfielder.

 

We're a big club. If he comes and doesn't work - so what. We have a good team already. Many players in the squad of quality. 

Anyone else who would be available will cost 100+ million and even those players are all almost taken for sure by other clubs. 

We had our last year transfer window where we spent big and got 2 of Germany's biggest new stars. They'll come good next season.  Sure of it. They need one more midfielder around them who is decisive and inspires confidence.

We need a striker too though. Lukaku maybe with hazard?

[robsblubot 3,502]

Would be a grave mistake if we brought him back now.

It makes no sense with the kind of investment we are currently making: abundance of promising younger players who need to develop.

We are also going for a high intensity game, which really does not fit Eden's style. He was already a bit overrated at his prime, nowadays, with his poor work rate and injury proneness... stay clear.

[Jase 43,479]

14 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

We're a big club. If he comes and doesn't work - so what. We have a good team already. Many players in the squad of quality. 

We criticize the club for buying shit players and now there's people just brushing it off like it's nothing.

15 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

We had our last year transfer window where we spent big and got 2 of Germany's biggest new stars. They'll come good next season.  Sure of it. They need one more midfielder around them who is decisive and inspires confidence.

Midfielder? If Hazard comes back, he would essentially be taking a space from Havertz, Werner or one of the attackers. How exactly does that inspire confidence? People need to realize that the current Hazard is not the Hazard that left the club 2 years ago. 

[Atomiswave 6,072]

1 hour ago, Magic Lamps said:

Nah only loan him if anything. They must be taking the piss if they think anyone is still gonna pay 40m for an ageing Hazard.

Yup but would RM go for a loan though? Highly unlikely imo, but he aint coming here anyway as others have said we operate differently now regarding how we press etc.

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

23 minutes ago, Atomiswave said:

Yup but would RM go for a loan though? Highly unlikely imo, but he aint coming here anyway as others have said we operate differently now regarding how we press etc.

The did it with Bale. Always depends on how desperate they are to get rid of him. If they view him as deadwood they might even subsidize some of his wages. But I also doubt we would go for him. No palyer is exempt from pressing under TT and I also don't think Eden would get away with his attitude in training now.

[Jase 43,479]

Even if it's only a loan, taking the current Hazard back would just be stupid and a waste of space. This is not the same Hazard that left the club two years ago. Since he went to Madrid, he has suffered like 5000 injuries and has barely been able to string together any sort of consistent performances. In fact, in the two years at Madrid, he has made only 43 appearances or played only 2,441 minutes in all competitions. For context, that's less than 12 of our players who have managed more this season alone. Heck even our own player who is susceptible to injuries aka Pulisic has managed to play 2,428 minutes this season. Given all those injury problems, his advancing years and the lack of care for his fitness as well as wellbeing, it's very likely he is way past his peak and is no longer able to play at a high level and at the level he was used to.

On top of that, how many attackers do we need? If we are not going to sell any of the attackers and gonna go buy a striker this summer, there are so many attackers that we could have and try to keep everyone happy and even more so if Tuchel intends to stick with the back 3. Then there is also the fact our attackers will need game time to develop, to improve and that's not going to happen if they are gonna be in and out of the side. Adding someone like Hazard would just complicate matters because he would just be taking a spot from Havertz, Werner, Pulisic, CHO, Mount or Ziyech. For all the faults of those players right now, they will contribute more than this current Hazard and especially in this team, this setup that Tuchel has going on with us. If we want to sign an attacker, we should focus on getting a striker only and then use the money to upgrade other areas in the team like the midfield and defence. 

[The Rising Sun 709]

23 minutes ago, Jas said:

We criticize the club for buying shit players and now there's people just brushing it off like it's nothing.

Midfielder? If Hazard comes back, he would essentially be taking a space from Havertz, Werner or one of the attackers. How exactly does that inspire confidence? People need to realize that the current Hazard is not the Hazard that left the club 2 years ago. 

Hazard isn't a shit player by any means. Would have to differ on that 100%.

As for formations and who he would take the place of , a 4-5-1 could easily have space for him? Kante-kova-mount-ziyech-werner-havertz-puli-hazard 8 players could compete for 5 spots with a striker upfront. 

 

 

[King Kante 1,474]

7 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

The did it with Bale. Always depends on how desperate they are to get rid of him. If they view him as deadwood they might even subsidize some of his wages. But I also doubt we would go for him. No palyer is exempt from pressing under TT and I also don't think Eden would get away with his attitude in training now.

Yeah, Hazard would never make it in this team way too lazy. I mean even at his peak he had people complain about him due to his lack of off the ball work. Now that isn't as high, he would stand no chance. 

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, The Rising Sun said:

Hazard isn't a shit player by any means. Would have to differ on that 100%.

The Hazard of two years ago? No.

The current one? Yes. 

It's nice to go down the nostalgic route with Hazard and bring him back but the quicker people realize this Hazard is NOT the same Hazard that left the club two years ago, the better!

3 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

As for formations and who he would take the place of , a 4-5-1 could easily have space for him? Kante-kova-mount-ziyech-werner-havertz-puli-hazard 8 players could compete for 5 spots with a striker upfront. 

But what if Tuchel sticks with the back 3 system?

I also don't even know why Kante and Kovacic are mentioned there when Hazard doesn't even play in midfield! If we stick with the back 3, he would be competing with 7 other players for 3 positions, which is totally overkilled!

[Jase 43,479]

8 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

The did it with Bale. Always depends on how desperate they are to get rid of him. If they view him as deadwood they might even subsidize some of his wages. But I also doubt we would go for him. No palyer is exempt from pressing under TT and I also don't think Eden would get away with his attitude in training now.

Since his situation was somewhat similar to Hazard's, it's worth remembering that it took like half a season for Bale to get back into some sort of decent shape back at Spurs and even when he did get back into shape, he only managed some goals here and there against terrible sides and ultimately got Spurs nowhere but the Europa Conference League. Heck, even Bale admitted that he joined Spurs only because he wanted to get his fitness back for the Euros. Wasn't bothered otherwise. And not to mention, Spurs wanted Bale last summer because they wanted a big name player, they wanted good PR but as mentioned, it got them nowhere in the end and probably got them a large medical bill.

[Jase 43,479]

15 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Yeah, Hazard would never make it in this team way too lazy. I mean even at his peak he had people complain about him due to his lack of off the ball work. Now that isn't as high, he would stand no chance. 

Exactly. Managers and others tolerated with his lack of workrate because of what he could produce in the final third but if he can't do that anymore, then what's the point of having Hazard? What does he have to fall back onto?

Also, haven't people been saying a reliable goalscorer is all that we are missing? Why are people wanting to bring back Hazard and Hazard is this current state no less? It's worth noting or remembering that ever since we last had a goalscoring striker aka Costa, having just Hazard got us nowhere. Sure, we won the FA Cup in 2017 and Europa League in 2018 but we fell way off the pace in the league and were rubbish in the Champions League. Whatever happens in the final tomorrow, Tuchel has got us in a good place right now. We should be looking to fix some obvious problems in the squad and not buy players because of nostalgia or nonsensical reasons.

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

Has he not only scored like 5 goals in 2 seasons? We lack goals as it is with Werner, Havertz, Ziyech, Mount etc not putting over 10+ so why get someone whos scored 5 in 2 seasons?