Eden Hazard

[Atlas Lion 1,223]

Whatever you say...at the end of the day, Bale is gonna be judged on his transfer fee.

And the worst thing for Bale is...he's going to be directly compared to C.Ronaldo who is just a scoring freak.

Imagine the media if Bale doesn't score 20-25 league goals this season...he'll be branded a flop cause of his fee.

And Neymar? Is he not going to be directly compared to Messi? 60Million isn't going to put pressure on him as well as hosting a World Cup? Both have claimed that Ronaldo/Messi are the main guys, but Messi has much more to his game than Ronaldo and could easily still be the best player at Barca for another decade.

Both have re-sale value, but guaranteed if that were the case, it would not exceed the amount Barca and Madrid first payed

There is a hint of bias towards your comments, nevertheless, the only rational outcome that can come from either side of argument, is judgement on both players after a couple of seasons in top flight football.

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

What's the latest of his injury?

[Thistle 77]

What does everyone think of this story?

Mourinho wanted to loan out Hazard initially. Very strange. Bayer Leverkusen contacted Chelsea in the summer to ask if Thorgan Hazard was available, but in response Mourinho asked them if they were interested in Eden too.

The guy who came up with it is the head analyst for the Flemish public television - kind of like the Belgian BBC, a very reliable source. He said he got his information from Hans-Peter Lehnhoff, who is a team manager at Leverkusen and is well known in Belgium after he played for Antwerp in his career.

http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/programmas/extratime/EP_130909_Extra_Time
It's from around 27:00 onwards.

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

What does everyone think of this story?

Mourinho wanted to loan out Hazard initially. Very strange. Bayer Leverkusen contacted Chelsea in the summer to ask if Thorgan Hazard was available, but in response Mourinho asked them if they were interested in Eden too.

The guy who came up with it is the head analyst for the Flemish public television - kind of like the Belgian BBC, a very reliable source. He said he got his information from Hans-Peter Lehnhoff, who is a team manager at Leverkusen and is well known in Belgium after he played for Antwerp in his career.

http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/programmas/extratime/EP_130909_Extra_Time

It's from around 27:00 onwards.

What i think of this story ?

[Jase 43,479]

What does everyone think of this story?

Mourinho wanted to loan out Hazard initially. Very strange. Bayer Leverkusen contacted Chelsea in the summer to ask if Thorgan Hazard was available, but in response Mourinho asked them if they were interested in Eden too.

The guy who came up with it is the head analyst for the Flemish public television - kind of like the Belgian BBC, a very reliable source. He said he got his information from Hans-Peter Lehnhoff, who is a team manager at Leverkusen and is well known in Belgium after he played for Antwerp in his career.

http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/programmas/extratime/EP_130909_Extra_Time

It's from around 27:00 onwards.

Mourinho wanted to loan out Eden?!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

[Mufassir08 2,400]

What does everyone think of this story?

Mourinho wanted to loan out Hazard initially. Very strange. Bayer Leverkusen contacted Chelsea in the summer to ask if Thorgan Hazard was available, but in response Mourinho asked them if they were interested in Eden too.

The guy who came up with it is the head analyst for the Flemish public television - kind of like the Belgian BBC, a very reliable source. He said he got his information from Hans-Peter Lehnhoff, who is a team manager at Leverkusen and is well known in Belgium after he played for Antwerp in his career.

http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/programmas/extratime/EP_130909_Extra_Time

It's from around 27:00 onwards.

[sutro 1,026]

I think that leverkusen dude is still pissed of that we didnt loan out KDB to them and is making stuff up

[Gorando 184]

I was watching the show and was like wtf? If Leverkusen were interested in Thorgan than why did he pick Zulte over them? sounds like bullshit. I want to add that Filip Joos is an idiot anyway, nobody takes him seriously. The other pundits usually ignore his gibberish.

[Weckerz 3,781]

I was watching the show and was like wtf? If Leverkusen were interested in Thorgan than why did he pick Zulte over them? sounds like bullshit. I want to add that Filip Joos is an idiot anyway, nobody takes him seriously. The other pundits usually ignore his gibberish.

It was Vandenbempt though who said it, odd as he is probably the most reliable sportsjourno in the country.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

Best player in our team atm and our most valuable asset.

[Gaëtan 16]

Funny video of the belgian national team with English subtitles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enFxQ4RZ_ks&feature=youtu.be

[Ljpaddock 187]

Does he look likely to start this weekend? Need to get my dream team sorted not sure what to do with him??!!

[polo 18]

Funny video of the belgian national team with English subtitles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enFxQ4RZ_ks&feature=youtu.be

bahahhahahahh

[polo 18]

eden is the funniest

[Weckerz 3,781]

Gave me goosebumps, thought I'd share ^^

[Hostedenis 556]

Love it!

[DDA 9,689]

Does he look likely to start this weekend? Need to get my dream team sorted not sure what to do with him??!!

Snap!

[Barbara 15,149]

Watching the goal against Sparta brings me back to a comment I made during Brazil's match against Portugal.

This goal right here reminds me a lot of the goal Neymar scored for us Tuesday... I'm someone who avoids comparisons in general. I hate comparing players because no one is supposed to be like someone else. But I can make a few exceptions here and there and I like to compare styles.

But when I was watching Neymar dribbling the heck out of Portugal's midfield and defense it reminded me of Eden. He has the talent, the technique and the ability to dribble, to make space out of nowhere, go get rid of two, three opponents marking him. I wonder why he doesn't do it more... he needs to do it more.

This vid shows he's smooth - or was we say in portuguese slippery. He can pass through opponents and I wish he had more confidence to do it more often. I can only blame lack of confidence and I wonder if Mourinho has been talking to him about it. I feel like maybe he's insecure of dribbling and losing the ball and lead to judgment, criticism and even reprehension from the managers and maybe even the fans.

I hope he plays his game more freely and start stop caring if he's going to succeed or not. Or maybe the reason is something completely different. It can't be Mourinho's presence... if there was a team that had plenty of dribblers was RM. Mourinho supports talent. I don't want him to overdo it like Neymar and I definitely don't want him to have the same antics Neymar uses (feigning aggression by opponents, diving, falling at every tiny touch on him), but I'd love for him to be as carefree as Neymar is when it comes to dribble. They're both just talented and although Eden dives a bit himself, he's twice a fair player than Neymar is and for him to reach the wonders I know he can reach he needs to start playing more carefree and caring less if the dribble will go as he plans or not... My expectations on Eden are huge and I admit I'm sort of anxious to see him deliver everything I know he will. But the sooner the better if you ask me