Hazard, between the MLS… and the withdrawal

Eden Hazard he parted ways last Saturday with Real Madrid. He didn’t play against him. Athleticso he could not receive the affection that the Bernabéu did show to Benzema o Asensio. But those who know closely what is going on in the Real Madrid dressing room assure that the Belgian has left its mark in the booth It matters little that his strictly football role has been almost testimonial.

Hazard has left like a Madrid gentleman. He didn’t put any trouble early termination of his contract (he had signed until 2024) nor to the economic compensation that the club would like to set. In fact, he was willing to leave without getting paid, something that Madrid has not allowed, paying a third of the outstanding salary. The player understands that his time at Madrid has been disappointing for everyone, especially for himself, who At just 32 years old, he even considers retirement of a sport in which he was very close to the top when he played in the Chelsea and Real Madrid decided to break the piggy bank to hand over the keys to that team post-Cristiano.

Hazard’s other option goes through the MLSspecifically by the Canadian team of the Vancouver Whitecaps. A modest franchise that would have in the Belgian the most brilliant player in his discreet history, a step that the footballer is still considering whether to take or completely disappear from the spotlight after four years of nightmare in Madrid, which he arrived in 2019 and in which he barely showed a few drops of his infinite talent. A truncated dream after that entrance of Meunier in a Madrid-PSG Champions League in November 2019, the prelude to a endless ordeal of injuries, operations, low fitness and hardship in general. He leaves the Bernabéu with seven goals and nine assists in just 76 games.

At the end of last season, Hazard wanted to see the light at the end of the tunnel during the celebrations for the fourteenth in Cibeles. He promised Real Madrid fans the best version of himself, which encouraged his faithful, who have always been many among the white fans. However, that public promise was the prelude to his worst course as a Real Madrid player, with barely 10 appearances and less than 400 minutes of game. Despite this, the memory that Hazard leaves behind in Valdebebas, offices and changing rooms, is that of a great guy whose fate was twisted when all the prophets predicted a brilliant career for him in Madrid.