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Dodgy topic title though... Main issue being investigated is money laundering and avoiding taxes made on transfers by 2 agents which happen to be very powerful figures in Belgian football.

Exactly. Don't understand the comparisons with Salah who's a whole different player although both are mentioned as wingers. You'll never see Hazard scoring tap-ins after showing up for a cross on the 2nd posts. Most of his goals come from dropping in deep, turning the defender and opening up the...

That's also a ridiculous statement to make. Belgium just became the highest ranked nation on the FIFA ranking again for the 2nd time this decade. They were 67th in 2009 when Hazard made his debut for the national team. They've been blessed with other great players in this generation. Lukaku is...

Real Madrid did inquire after him this summer according to Kristof Terreur during the Courtois negociations. Chelsea just blankly refused to entertain the idea of him leaving. Ps: After the U17 Championships in 2007 Barcelona actively tried to recruit him aswell but he opted to stay at Lille.

Isn't really sudden though is it? You'll be hard pressed to find a player around that has performed better than Hazard from the FA Cup final until now. He's been probably been the best performing player for the last 3-4 months.

Hazard was universally regarded as the biggest player coming through the French league since Zidane. He won consecutive young player of the year and player of the year awards as youngest player ever which was a first. There for sure was a lot of hype surrounding him when he was 18/19 and talk of...

Twice that Lukaku should have scored on a ball by KdB today.

Fellaini has been one of the most consistent performers for Belgium in the last decade.

Meh... Get Dembele in next to Witsel. Mertens out. Push De Bruyne up a bit and let Hazard swerve around Lukaku. And switch Carrasco with Chadli and that looks a lot more secure.

Blown over the top in the English press. His original remarks in the Belgian press weren't that bad and there's certainly no bad blood between the 2.

Hazard was Belgium's standout player during the Euros tho. And imo his game against Hungary was the individual standout performance of the tournament. It was in the 1 game he was neutralized, against Wales, that Belgium struggled. If anything it's De Bruyne and some of the others such as...

3-4-3 Courtois - Vertonghen - Kompany - Alderweireld - Carrasco - Witsel - De Bruyne - Meunier - Hazard - Lukaku - Mertens Might switch to a 3-5-2 with Dembele coming into midfield instead of Mertens against bigger teams where Martinez might opt for more solidity in midfield. He also might look...

Pogba barely touched the ball and blocked his left knee. A bit far-fetched for me to look at that as cheating or manufacturing a foul.

I remember Rudi Völler at Leverkusen trying to sign him as well but not being able to compete with Wolfsburg financially. Klopp also tried to bring him to Dortmund the previous transfer season to replace Götze but signed Mkhitaryan instead when Mourinho intervened.

Correct. Grew up in Antwerp in the same neighbourhood as Nainggolan. Played a lot of streetfootball where the goal would be trying to touch a lantern post with the ball instead of shooting at a goal. Came from the same youth setup as Alderweireld, Vermaelen, Vertonghen and Nainggolan. Beerschot...