It's a failed marriage. It suits both parties to separate. Real Madrid have a problem on their hands though, because no serious club is going to go anywhere near him unless it's a loan or free transfer. He's at rock bottom in his career.
Eden Hazard | "It's time to enjoy life drinking beers"
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Hazard to Chelsea basically confirms Sancho to Utd.
Pretty sure Chelsea doesn't want him neither at this point. They got his best years and then sold him for a 100M. They probably didn't expect him to decline that fast but it was a smart move.
Buying McHazard back wouldn't make sense for them now.
Buying McHazard back wouldn't make sense for them now.
Gonna be a loan move with an option to buy surely? Ala Bale
He'll need a good Euros to get a move.
Would Chelsea spend big to bring him back? I guess that would mean quite a few would leave?
Would Chelsea want him ?
I know he's a legend with the fans but head rules over heart in this instance, unless there's a Bale-esq deal in the offering here.
I know he's a legend with the fans but head rules over heart in this instance, unless there's a Bale-esq deal in the offering here.
They bought Luiz back. Roman has his favourites.
This Hazard transfer is another reason why Florentino should not be President of Madrid. This is just Bale mk2.
At the moment Florentino's narrative is: Madrid is in big trouble and needs a European Super League to compete with the money in the Premier League and at PSG. However, that's just not true. Madrid (and Barcelona) have wasted money, pretty much as badly or worse than we have since Sir Alex retired.
Madrid spent £319m before the 2019-20 season. Of Hazard, Jovic, Militao, Mendy, Rodrygo etc how many have actually proven to be value for money?
Its not the case that Florentino hasn't had the funds. Its that he's wasted them. Madrid has a healthy income, it just has a President who wants to spend like a sovereign state without being one.
If Florentino wants to fix Madrid the best thing he could do this summer is sign Luis Campos or Monchi. Get someone who can divert the vast resources of the club properly.
At the moment Florentino's narrative is: Madrid is in big trouble and needs a European Super League to compete with the money in the Premier League and at PSG. However, that's just not true. Madrid (and Barcelona) have wasted money, pretty much as badly or worse than we have since Sir Alex retired.
Madrid spent £319m before the 2019-20 season. Of Hazard, Jovic, Militao, Mendy, Rodrygo etc how many have actually proven to be value for money?
Its not the case that Florentino hasn't had the funds. Its that he's wasted them. Madrid has a healthy income, it just has a President who wants to spend like a sovereign state without being one.
If Florentino wants to fix Madrid the best thing he could do this summer is sign Luis Campos or Monchi. Get someone who can divert the vast resources of the club properly.
Pretty sure that RM wants to avoid / can't afford another Bale situation and be stuck with the wages of another loaned player. Based on reports, his wages and Bale's combined are at around 1.1M
MLS could be an option since I can't see Hazard bouncing back to a level good enough for a team that is competing for major titles.
Way too injury prone these days and lacks the mentality to get back to a top level imo.
MLS could be an option since I can't see Hazard bouncing back to a level good enough for a team that is competing for major titles.
Way too injury prone these days and lacks the mentality to get back to a top level imo.
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One of the worst signings of all time
Missed this one but it’s a terrible post TBH.
There’s a tendency to overrate dribbling? What does that even mean? When a player receives the ball, he can do three things with it: pass, dribble or shoot. This is basic stuff. Now there’s people like your good self trying to claim that one of these three fundamentals doesn’t actually matter that much. I mean……
Sure, being a great dribbler doesn’t make you a great player if you can’t pass and shoot/finish, but it makes you at the very least a good (and dangerous) player.
If we divide his transfer fee by the number of appearances we get about 3M per game, plus whatever they're paying him per week. Extremely costly flop.
I can't see it happening at all. I love Hazard but Tuchel likes hard workers and that's not Eden.
I do think quite a few will leave as Tuchel will want to bring in a least a couple of players he wants (and our squad is massive).
The post itself is explanatory enough. You completely failed to the point and decided to comment stuff I never said.
But btw, if you can't pass or shoot how being a great dribbler makes you a good and dangerous player ?
I fail to see where dribbling 3 players but not having the ability to make a proper pass or shoot makes you dangerous. It would be a great show though, pointless but great.Militao and Mendy are both good value for money. Hard to assess Vinicius and (especially) Rodrygo because of their age; their end product isn't there yet but they contribute. Hazard was a megaflop, but due to injuries. I would have a hard time blaming anyone for that, be it president, manager, or player. Jovic flopped pretty terribly.
The real problem is that the previous three summers failed to add anyone important to the squad (barely even tried) so the club was quite sensitive to any of these signings failing.
I agree with that. In some ways, the problem has been that RM haven’t invested enough in the squad for the last 5 years or so. They had that big summer of spending but otherwise think they have mostly underinvested.
5 million + Dan James and I would take him.
I have a feeling Dortmund may go after him if Sancho leaves, will probably get him for next to nothing.
Looks like Florentino asked me to get lost and take his fat arsene back to London.
They invested enough but invested in the wrong players
19/20 - 355M spent
18/19 - 162.5M spent
17/18 - 40.5M spent
16/17 - 30M spent
Total - 588M
They won the Champions in both the 16/17 and 17/18 seasons.
Almost 600M in around 5 years is more than enough if you get the right replacements.
They don't have proper replacements for Benzema, Kroos, Modric and Ramos and failed to replace Ronaldo.
Most of the players they bought were complete failures.
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PSG then. Mbappe to Real.
Yup, and it was obvious even before he went there. He's absolutely the wrong personality type for the Bernabeu, and they should have been able to figure that out for themselves. He's a player that needs a supportive, forgiving environment, where if he goes off form for short periods the manager and fans stay behind him and keep giving him figurative pats on the head and encouragement. If he's happy he's a genius on the pitch, if he's miserable he's a lazy bastard who gives you next to nothing.
He's far and away the most talented player we ever had, but I was really torn when he left. We had quite literally built the entire team around him, which showed with that insane stat from his last season that he contributed HALF of all the goals and assists in the team. That's insane, and it struck me as deeply unhealthy. It also felt like we weren't really moving forward that much as a team. But my god watching him destroy teams with just pure individual skill was a beautiful, beautiful thing to watch. I'm not sure I want him back, but a little part of me does very much.
The worst transfer in Real Madrid history and one of the worst in general. Can't wait to see him go.
They can't afford his wages.
he’s not going anywhere. Real are stuck with him.
Even in this video you can see the gradual expansion of his gut.
During his time at Chelsea though he was one of the very best. Thats why Real Madrid paid what they did for him. He just came off an 18 goals an 18 assist season in the premier league, topping nearly every individual stat going and had a very good world cup. Plenty of top players failed at Real Madrid including Robben. Robben was still one of the very best in the world in his position.
I’d love to say Real Madrid’s transfer policies have been a disaster but then I remember all the ECLs they’ve won. Still Bale and Hazard - £200mil that they will get very little return on. Could be a few years in the wilderness coming up for the meringues.
It's ridiculously disrespectful to Bale to put him alongside Hazard, they're not comparable at all in terms of what they've contributed to Madrid.
dont lump Bale in with Hazard. It’s like saying Rooney and Sanchez were both poor signings because they lost their legs at the end. You are ignoring how good Bale was for 4-5 years.
Inter be the type of club to go for him.
up there with Sanchez as a major flop
Can't see how he's moved on tbh
More so in his last season for Chelsea. That shirt did him no favours .It's quite ridiculousYou can actually
But he was chubby superstar and we loved him.