Eden Hazard

[Jase 43,479]

Lukaku on Hazard...

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/7788006/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

He will become the fourth Belgian to join Chelsea since last summer and Lukaku added: "I am glad he comes to Chelsea. He will make us stronger.

"I was hoping for this transfer for a long time. I told him, that if he needs anything I will be there for him.

"Maybe in the future all Belgians can play in the Chelsea team: Thibaut Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne, Hazard and me. That would be great."

[Madmax 9,219]

Fuck you jay, you beat me by a few seconds.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

I hope De Bryune gets a loan to an EPL side so we can see what he is made of. Same with Lukaku.

[Jase 43,479]

Fuck you jay, you beat me by a few seconds.

Too bad.

[Leif 6,006]

Don't be silly. Why loan them to Premier League sides?

Vitesse in the Eredivisie is the TRUE way to measure a player's skill and help him grow to his unlimited potential!!!

Just look at Ulises Davila and van Aanholt!

[capriccioso 2,545]

Are people actually complaining about Hazard's price? Really? I can understand arguing about Hulk's inflated price but not Hazard. Look at Aguero's price. About £40 Million wasn't it? I bet people thought that was overpriced. We let him slip through our grasps because we weren't willing to pay a little extra. Than look what happened. He went and scored goals for fun and won Citeh the title. I'm pretty sure everyone would agree now that Aguero was worth every cent.

Hazard will prove his price tag as well. £32 is a good deal IMO. Hazard will be great this season. I expect him to have a great season like Aguero has. He'll become a fantasy type player that others would love to have.

32 million for the potential he has is a steal. Even going off his current ability, he's only .91 of an Andy Carroll and a 1.77 of a Stewart Downing.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Reports are coming in that he'll be on something around 175,000-200,000 a week. For a 21 year old to be on that kind of money, earning as much as Terry, Torres and Lampard do, he had better deliver.

[Jase 43,479]

Reports are coming in that he'll be on something around 175,000-200,000 a week. For a 21 year old to be on that kind of money, earning as much as Terry, Torres and Lampard do, he had better deliver.

No. No. No. The Belgian & French are reporting that he will be earning around 110K p/w only!

[capriccioso 2,545]

No. No. No. The Belgian & French are reporting that he will be earning around 110K p/w only!

Oh. Well, I've seen 78 million bandied about, so that's 46 million (minus the 32 million transfer fee) over 5 years; 9.2 million a year and ~177,000 a week. That's how I arrived at my figure.

[Madmax 9,219]

No. No. No. The Belgian & French are reporting that he will be earning around 110K p/w only!

Is that after or before tax?

[Tricky 301]

Dont believe the English rags with regards to his wages, big numbers sell papers....

[Jase 43,479]

Oh. Well, I've seen 78 million bandied about, so that's 46 million (minus the 32 million transfer fee) over 5 years; 9.2 million a year and ~177,000 a week. That's how I arrived at my figure.

The club won't be so silly to offer a 21 y/o that amount of money. Best to trust the French or Belgian media in this case. The English media will do anything to make us look bad and as if the only reason Hazard coming to us is because of the money.

[Jase 43,479]

Is that after or before tax?

After.

Before that, it would be about 170K p/w, close to what cap stated.

[capriccioso 2,545]

After.

Before that, it would be about 170K p/w, close to what cap stated.

Then we will indeed be paying him 170k?

[Madmax 9,219]

After.

Before that, it would be about 170K p/w, close to what cap stated.

Maybe even more? Isn't tax rate 0.5?

If so, Hazard is costing us >=15m a year.

[Tricky 301]

Maybe even more? Isn't tax rate 0.5?

If so, Hazard is costing us >=15m a year.

Its BS... to be honest how would they actually now what we are paying him, sure neither he nor his agent have been telling every journalist they meet. Only last week the same journo's were reporting that both United, City and Chelsea has agreed personal terms with him.

Now he has choosen us its because we offered him more than the rest. BS reporting, wait till its in the Gaurdian then il believe it.

[Madmax 9,219]

Its BS... to be honest how would they actually now what we are paying him, sure neither he nor his agent have been telling every journalist they meet. Only last week the same journo's were reporting that both United, City and Chelsea has agreed personal terms with him.

Now he has choosen us its because we offered him more than the rest. BS reporting, wait till its in the Gaurdian then il believe it.

I'm not suggesting anything, merely going by what L'Equipe (pretty reliable by most counts) are saying. A few pages back there was a link claiming Hazard had actually offered to reduce his wage to ~70k when we came knocking.

[Thor 2,435]

That's fine but he's not worth 32m. We signed Mata for 24m and Hazard is definitely not 8m better than him.

Thanks, but having watched copious amounts of Lille games just recently on the computer due to my French friend having all of this seasons games on his computer, I can comfortably say, yes, he is worth 32m, and yes, he is 8m better than Mata.

Get ready for a fun to watch season with this player. This guy absolutely dominates the game with his presence.