End of Eden Hazard .. the Chelsea legend who became Real Madrid’s worst deal!

Eden Hazard announced his retirement from football on Tuesday morning, at the age of 32, after a career full of titles and achievements, in addition to some stumbles and long-term injuries.

Hazard moved with huge money from Chelsea to Real Madrid in June 2019, and it seemed that he was about to be the latest great star to join the Spanish League after Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Madrid, Gareth Bale struggled to regain his fitness, and Vinicius Junior was unable to show his abilities.

Four years later, Hazard will no longer wear a Real Madrid shirt and will never play football again. The Belgian scored only seven goals and made 12 assists during his final season with Real Madrid. He played only 76 games with the royal team and failed to improve on the production of his best season with Chelsea. .

Hazard’s career went from top to bottom, due to some of his mistakes and others for which he was not responsible, as he was very unlucky and fell victim to repeated ankle injuries.

In the following report, the “Yalla Shoot” website monitors Hazard’s career until his early retirement and the mistakes he committed during his football career as follows:

June 2019: An expensive deal
Despite being their star player for more than half a decade, Chelsea were powerless to keep Hazard when he left for Real Madrid in June 2019, with just one year remaining on his contract.

Hazard moved to Real Madrid in a huge deal worth 100 million euros and a weekly salary of 600,000 euros.

July 2019: The appearance of excess weight
The Belgian made a good impression during his Madrid career, and Hazard then appeared in training overweight, later admitting that he was five kilograms heavier than he should have been, and revealing that he tends to gain and lose weight frequently, especially during pre-season.

October 2019: Hazard’s crucial contributions
His initial performances on the pitch eliminated the idea that his fitness would be an immediate issue and it only took Hazard a few weeks and by October he was ready to feature for Los Blancos.

Hazard played decisive roles in two matches in the Spanish League, where he played the starring role first against Eibar and then against Real Sociedad, and although he did not score or assist in either of them, he provided amazing dribbles and decisive passes.

November 2019: One mistake changes things
Thomas Meunier, the Paris Saint-Germain player and Hazard’s teammate in the Belgium national team, hit the Real Madrid star’s legs during the two teams’ Champions League match. Hazard was unable to walk while he was being escorted off the field, and this injury caused his absence for a long period.

March 2020: Ankle surgery
Hazard was in and out of the lineup for the remainder of the season as he returned in time for another opportunity, but his ankle injury soon worsened again, and he needed surgery to fix things in March.

With the emergence of the Corona virus epidemic and the cessation of leagues, Hazard did not miss many matches, but he looked like a completely different player upon his return.

September 2020: New infection
The following season should have been better for Hazard in theory as he had fully recovered from the operation he underwent in March, and looked ready to shine in a Real Madrid shirt.

But another injury nightmare occurred, when Hazard developed a muscle problem that kept him out of action for a month, and continued to bother him throughout the 2020-21 season.

January 2021: Super Cup failure intensifies pressure
After his return, which was interrupted due to his infection with the Corona virus, Hazard seemed ready to leave his mark in Madrid again, and the main event was the Spanish Super Cup semi-final match against Athletic Club, which was the match that Hazard started, and instead of his brilliance, the player suffered and was replaced in the second half by Vinicius, who… He gave a good performance.

February 2021: Continuing for many years!
A month later, Hazard insisted that he intended to play for “at least another five or six years” and vowed to fight for his place in the Madrid team, but his situation became difficult due to pressure on coach Zinedine Zidane, who looked set to leave the club at the end of the season.

March 2021: Ignore advice
Hazard was constantly bothered by the pain in his ankle and the injury that had not fully healed after the Belgian had a metal plate inserted into his foot to help heal the fracture, and it was starting to bother him.

The Belgian national team doctor advised Hazard to undergo another surgery, which was also confirmed by the player himself, but Real Madrid asked him to play with the chip, according to Marca.

May 2021: That post-match laugh
Hazard admitted, before Real Madrid’s Champions League semi-final match with Chelsea, that it will be difficult to play against his old teammates, as Hazard achieved tremendous success at Stamford Bridge, and his statement angered the Royal team’s fans.

He was photographed laughing with a few Chelsea players after the match, angering fans and the media. The popular talk show “El Chiringuito” launched an attack on Hazard and emphasized the Belgian’s apparent lack of respect for his club.

May 2021: Heading to the euro
Despite his minor role with Real Madrid, Hazard remained a key player with his country’s national team, and there were doubts about his fitness until the start of the 2020 European Championship, but he joined Roberto Martinez’s squad, and appeared alongside Kevin De Bruyne, and this was the last chance for the “generation.” “Golden” for Belgium to achieve glory.

June 2021: Another injury kills the Belgian dream
Belgium’s national team was eliminated by Italy in the quarter-finals of the European Championship 2020, and Hazard suffered a new injury during the tournament.

At that stage, he had not played regularly for 18 months, yet the Belgium national team was counting on him a lot in that tournament.

July 2021: On sale
According to press reports, Real Madrid was willing to sell Hazard in 2021, hoping to make room and raise money to include Kylian Mbappe, the Paris Saint-Germain star.

It was assumed that Chelsea was interested in his return, but no move materialized.

August 2021: A bright start under Ancelotti
Zidane left Madrid training before the 2021-22 season, and Carlo Ancelotti took his place. In his first days, the legendary Italian coach decided to give Hazard a chance, and the results were positive, as Hazard started and returned Vinicius to the bench in the first few weeks of the season, but once his level declined, Vinicius has played and stuck to his place so far.

October 2021: There is no place for you
It quickly became clear that Hazard was expendable and Karim Benzema and Vinicius formed a formidable partnership up front for Madrid, with the Real team sweeping away their local and continental rivals with ease.

The expensive Hazard did not participate in the team’s successes and, accordingly, Ancelotti told him that he should move to another club.

March 2022: More surgeries
Hazard was not fit enough to appear for Real Madrid or encourage any other team to sign him.

The matter became more complicated after Hazard underwent the surgery that he had been postponing since March 2021, and the chip was removed from the Belgian’s ankle, a surgery that effectively ended his chances of playing in the Spanish League for the rest of the season.

May 2022: Champions League winner
Perhaps Hazard’s last success in a Madrid shirt was in a match in which he did not participate, as the Belgian sat on the bench in the 2022 Champions League final, receiving a winner’s medal.

November 2022: Finally on your way out?
After spending three years denying rumors of his departure from Real Madrid, Hazard finally admitted that it was time to leave the club and offered little information about where he could go, and with MLS interested in him it seemed that a departure would be imminent.

April 2023: Don’t leave in January!
Hazard did not leave Real Madrid in the January transfer window, despite repeated suggestions that he would leave and return to the Premier League.

New rumors began that Hazard was ready to play again and he proved it, as he came on as a substitute and made an assist in Real Madrid’s win over Real Valladolid in early April.

May 2023: Back in the lineup
It took Hazard a month to break into the starting lineup and he managed to do so, and he was selected in Madrid’s squad against Getafe as Ancelotti decided to rest a number of senior players before the Champions League semi-final match with Manchester City.

Hazard gave an average performance in Real Madrid’s 1-0 win.

June 2023: Departure confirmed
There would be no other start. The Getafe match was the last full appearance of the Belgian’s career with Real Madrid, and in early June, Hazard announced that he would leave the team this summer, agreeing to terminate the contract by mutual consent.

Hazard lost a significant portion of his salary, ending a miserable four-year stay at the Bernabéu.

October 2023: Hazard retires
In the weeks following Hazard’s departure from Madrid, there was speculation that the Belgian might seek a move elsewhere and according to press reports there was strong interest from the American League, Saudi Arabia and around the world in Hazard.

But this morning, October 10, Hazard confirmed that he would retire from playing three months before his 33rd birthday, saying: “You must listen to yourself and say stop at the right time.”

Given his age, this shouldn’t have been the right time for Hazard to retire, but his body had another say, meaning we’d come to the premature end of a potentially legendary player’s career.