Thorgan Hazard

[Weckerz 3,781]

would it be a bad move ?

Not at all, not that much of a step up from Zulte but definately a good environment to be in for 6 months. They've got a brilliant trainingcomplex and I'm convinced he'd be a key player for them.

[zolayes 14,489]

Not at all, not that much of a step up from Zulte but definately a good environment to be in for 6 months. They've got a brilliant trainingcomplex and I'm convinced he'd be a key player for them.

Thanks

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

It would be kind of a douchy move towards his current team (title contender), but in the end it will make him a better player. At Zulte, where two crucial players already left this month, he practically has to carry the entire team with his creativity. At Anderlecht he'll find more players of his level or slightly above. Dennis Praet, Massimo Bruno, Anthony Vanden Borre (!! in my eyes), Youri Thielemans, Matthias Suarez, all decent slash good players. There are some older internationals like Demy De Zeeuw in the team too, that don't play a lot but can still be valuable to young players during training.

[nyikolajevics 2,576]

That doesn't make any sense.. Why don't we loan him to another Belgian team? Why should send him to Eredivisie so he can improve.

[Weckerz 3,781]

That doesn't make any sense.. Why don't we loan him to another Belgian team? Why should send him to Eredivisie so he can improve.

Eredivisie isn't much better. Defensively they're one of the weakest leagues in Europe.

[hjperdeath 2,226]

Good piece on him by John Chapman - http://www.belgofoot.be/thorgan-hazard-man-in-the-spotlight/

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Eredivisie isn't much better. Defensively they're one of the weakest leagues in Europe.

Yeah, for a creative player, the Belgian league is more challenging in my eyes. It's been a while since we had a top scorer with +25 goals.

[LukakutoStamford 779]

I'm hoping this doesn't mean he'll be at Anderlecht for the next 1 1/2 years. If it's a 6 month move it doesn't make much sense. Hazard should get a La Ligue 1 move next to a mid low table team or a move to low table PL team.

[lionsden 4,689]

If we sell KDB/mata he might have a chance to be the 6th option in our AM. but as things stand, I can't see it. thinking about the amount of attacking midfielders on our books is quite sickening actually and unless the plan was to sell most of them for profit then I can't see it as anything other than awful and inefficient use of resources. KDB,Thorgan, marin, moses,piazon,traore,kakuta in addition to the regular first team options. that's just an overkill.

It's only in sport where one can blatantly squander the company's finance and still manage to keep the job

[Hamilton 2,120]

Zulte still saying they have a strong case. Thorgan can only leave when he's not a starter over there.

[zolayes 14,489]

It's only in sport where one can blatantly squander the company's finance and still manage to keep the job

happens with Government spending all the time.oh and they get knighthoods for it

[Hamilton 2,120]

It's still possible that he moves to Anderlecht this window, last rumour is that Zulte would get Ronald Vargas to compensate theire loss..

[Weckerz 3,781]

It's still possible that he moves to Anderlecht this window, last rumour is that Zulte would get Ronald Vargas to compensate theire loss..

Lols, hardly a compensation that

[Hamilton 2,120]

Chelsea has given theire word to Zulte that he's finishing the season over there, but still Anderlecht is not giving up, so talks continue..

Meanwhile Thorgan scored in theire 3-2 Belgian cup quarter finals loss against Cercle Brugge. They won the 1st leg with 1-0, so they continue to the semi finals.

[We Hate Scouse 10,286]

Anderlecht are like a spoilt kid that can't get their own way. Ridiculous really.

[EdenHazard123 21]

Thorgan says in this post-cupmatch interview (in French) it's time to leave Zulte, and he says that he has told Chelsea he wants to go to Anderlecht as soon as possible.

http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Jupiler_Pro_League/140115_Hazard_wil_weg

Personally i'd rather like him to stay at Zulte, okay they've lost their second best player with Malanda but he's the real leader of the team and makes his teammates playing better. In Anderlecht there's more concurrention (Praet, Bruno), although he should be able to play every game since he's simply the best player in the Belgian League. So probably it's better for his evolution that he goes to Anderlecht, but since i'm a fan of Club Bruges, i don't like to see him make Anderlecht win the league

[Gilvorak 3,734]

How far off is he from the NT? By all accounts he's the best player in the League yet he hasn't gotten a sniff yet.

[EdenHazard123 21]

He has played in a friendly against the USA, but hasn't been selected since then. Biggest reason in my opinion is that he was really needed with the U21 national team, while he would be nothing more than a (very good) substitute in the national team. Normally he will just not make the squad for the World Cup, but one or two injuries could do it for Thorgan to be in the squad. These are the players that might be selected and how i would rank them (the best players first).

GK: Courtois, Mignolet, Casteels

RB: Vandenborre, Meunier

CB; Kompany, Vertonghen, Vermaelen, Van Buyten, Alderweireld, Lombaerts

LB: Pocognoli

CM: Witsel, Dembele, Nainggolan, Fellaini, Defour -> Problem is Wilmots wants Timmy Simons to go for the atmosphere so one of these or an attacking midfielder won't make the squad.

AM: E. Hazard, De Bruyne, Chadli, Mirallas, Mertens, T. Hazard, Ferreira-Carrasco -> and off course Januzaj but it looks like he don't want to play

ST: Benteke, Lukaku, Batshuayi, Vossen

There are 30 names mentioned aboven and only 23 can be selected, so he's definetly not too far from the squad.