“Madridistas, I’ve been here for three years with many injuries, with many things… But next year I’m going to give everything for you”. Eden Hazard looked at the sky of Madrid and made a promise to his fans in the celebration of the fourteenth in it Santiago Bernabeu. His words received the affection of his teammates and the applause of a good part of the white fans, who still have not stopped dreaming of recovering the best version of the Belgian.
Hazard’s promise to Real Madrid: “Next year…”
The ’10’ arrived at Real Madrid being the most expensive signing in its history (100 million euros) and after almost four yearsHazard is going through one of the worst moments of his entire football career. The absence of minutes in this season (296′ divided between Champions, League and Cup) has caused its market value to fall to hell. At 32, the value of the Belgian footballer has bottomed out to stand at 5 million after losing 2.5 million in the last update according to the specialized website Transfer market. It should be remembered that when he signed for the white team his market value was 150 million euros.
Devastating data and its 296 minutes
“I’ve always said it, I’m going to go back to being the one I was chaining games and minutes”, came to ensure after a game with Belgium. However, the reality of Eden is very different at Real Madrid after celebrating an unusual bicentenary with the white shirt just over two weeks ago and where he has only been able to contribute seven goals and eleven assists in his 73 appearances. In this season, in which Eden promised his revival, he has only played 296 minutes: 131′ in the Champions League (one goal and one assist), 98′ in LaLiga and 67′ in the Copa del Rey.
Ancelotti: “Hazard has been very honest, we don’t talk much”
The Belgian winger has 20 games without playing a single minute with Real Madrid (He has lost six due to injury), something that does not happen to any other player on the squad. A devastating piece of information that made him open up about his current situation during an interview with RTBF in Belgium: “I want to have fun on the field. The training sessions are good but what keeps us alive are the games. Hopefully I can contribute something and that the coach continues to count on me, hopefully. We’ll see if I can play something at the end of the season. It’s up to me to show him in training that he can count on me.“, he assured. And it is that Hazard has less impact/opportunities than players with residual participation such as Odriozola, Vallejo or Mariano.
The ‘problems’ of his football
His strong point is his greatest punishment. Anyone who has seen Eden Hazard play on occasion has had to instantly realize that his dribbling is his greatest strength and that rivals have a hard time stopping him without committing a foul. The combination of its low center of gravity -1.75 meters- and its torn explosives complete a Molotov cocktail that has not stopped leading him down the path of bitterness in recent years.
Hazard’s football is what he has: the action he has to suffer every game
The Belgian ’10’ is a master when it comes to using his body to protect the ball: attracts the rival to his net and when he feels the contact, he takes the opportunity to gain the momentum necessary to leave his pair with a quick change of direction. Hazard’s football is what he has. The Belgian star receives countless kicks (unnecessarily) for protecting the ball with his body. Rivals that arrive from behind, fail to brake in time and end up sending Eden to the grass. A style of football that led him to lead between 2010 and 2020 the ranking of footballers from the 5 major leagues who received the most fouls on green (1030): 230 fouls more than the second classified, the Finnish footballer Progress Hetemaj and 328 more than Leo Messi. Some numbers that They perfectly summarize the magnitude of his football and that it has ended up taking its toll on him in the injury section.
Hazard’s salary
As reported Four sports, the Belgian star has a record of 15 million euros per season. Something that makes him the player who earns the most in LaLiga ahead of players like Lewandowski, Griezmann or Benzema. A high salary that is supposed to get 1.25 million euros a month, 292,000 euros a week and around 42,000 euros a day.
