Manchester United was very close to attaching the services of Eden Hazard in the summer of 2012. But according to the Timethe Red Devils refused to pay an occult payment to the player of the player of the time, John Bico, which made the transfer to the transfer. The Belgian representative would have required 1 million pounds and several million additional million, paid directly by the owners of the club, out of official accounts, which would then have broken the rules of the Premier League and Fair Play.
United, who had already reached an agreement with Lille and the player, then withdrew from the file, leaving the way to Chelsea, who spent 37 million euros to complete the operation. An investigation is still underway on an alleged payment of 7 million euros in Bico by an offshore company linked to Roman Abramovich. Hazard, who has become one of the best Premier League players, will stay in Chelsea until 2019, before transfer to Real Madrid who will never meet expectations.
