A 100 million misunderstanding is over

Real Madrid part ways with Eden Hazard. The former superstar leaves the royals prematurely after a number of setbacks and disappointments.

He came as a record purchase, now his contract will be terminated: Real Madrid and Eden Hazard go separate ways!

This was officially announced by the royals on Saturday evening: “Real Madrid CF and Eden Hazard have agreed that the player will be released from the club on June 30, 2023.” Hazard’s contract actually ran until 2024, now the premature end.

In the three-paragraph statement, Real briefly thanked the Belgian offensive player: “Real Madrid would like to express their affection for Eden Hazard and wish him and his entire family the best of luck in this new phase.”

Hazard came to Madrid from Chelsea in 2019 for a fee of 115 million euros. The gigantic transfer fee was the 32-year-old, whose current market value of transfermarkt.de is estimated at a meager five million euros, never fair. To this day, it remains Real’s record purchase.

Again and again he was thrown back by injuries, in the team of coach Carlo Ancelotti he was only a permanent substitute. Whether and how his career will continue is still open. Loud The Athletic a farewell to football is quite conceivable, but a decision is still pending. He had already said goodbye to the national team in December.

Hazard actually wanted to stay at Real until the very end, the report says. But the club pushed for a farewell.

The Belgian ball artist once came to the Spanish capital as a beacon of hope. The highly talented inherited the shirt number seven from Cristiano Ronaldo, who had said goodbye to Juventus a year earlier. Hazard was to be the central building block in Real’s star ensemble, having previously enchanted fans as one of the Premier League’s best players with Chelsea.

But things turned out differently: early in his first season he was stopped by a hamstring injury. It was to be the start of a long ordeal. He missed 78 games only because of various injuries. For comparison: Officially, he has 76 competitive appearances for Real.

The rumors kept coming back early on to his possibly too high weight and his rather lax attitude towards training.

Hazard won eight titles during his time in Madrid, including the Champions League. He had no decisive part in any of the successes.