The Eden Hazard page has been shot for a long time in Belgium. Double best player in Ligue 1 with LOSC in 2011 and 2012, the winger formed among the DOGUES has mainly become a huge crack in the Premier League. He was unanimously elected player of the English championship in 2015, contributing from his genius to the coronation of Chelsea (14 goals and 10 assists). In selection, Hazard became the offensive and collective leader of the Red Devils, up to the quarterfinals of Euro 2016 then in the 3rd place obtained at the 2018 World Cup in Russia (defeat in the semi-finals against the Blues).
It was obviously after his signature at Real Madrid, in 2019, that Eden Hazard's career suddenly died. Bad lifestyle and injuries have removed it from the very high level. He only played 76 games in four seasons at the Merengues, for 7 goals scored. The Belgian number 10 disputed the 2022 World Cup in Qatar but without shining, for elimination in the first round and an international retirement. In October 2023, without a club, he definitively hung up the crampons, at the age of only 32 years.
A young retiree, Eden Hazard could not miss the beginnings of Rudi Garcia, his former coach in Lille, at the head of the Belgian selection. He thus came to see his former teammates at the Nations League dam won by the Belgians against Ukraine after two matches (3-1, 3-0). Hazard knows the team's executives perfectly, which he has known for years, like Thibaut Courtois, Thomas Meunier, Youri Tielemans, Kevin de Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku or Michy Batshuayi. The Arthur Theate, Amadou Onana Jérémy Doku, Loïs Openda also played the World Cup in Qatar.
Eden Hazard, the door is open
Eden Hazard is not part of the staff, as Rudi Garcia explained in the Canal Football Club: ” Eden helps us from afar. Indeed, he knows many players of that generation, he went to Murcia for the snack. We see that he is a good captain because he is appreciated by everyone, he is one of the best players in the history of football and Belgian football, it is good that he comes from time to time to see matches, he said to me: 'I want to be with you coach but only if it's à la carte'so it's à la carte, he comes when he wants “.
For the Belgian technician, the rest of the golden generation must also catch up. “I always thought that the Belgian team had to win or a Euro or a World Cup, they did not do it, there are players of this period, you talked about Thibaut (Courtois), Kevin de Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku, they are all about 32 years old, we can think that 2026 will be the last opportunity for them, so we have to qualify, but when we are. opportunity to shine, to show what they know how to do ”explained Rudi Garcia, before facing Wales, Liechtenstein and Kazakhstan in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Eden Hazard may accompany the team in North America next year.
