Former Real Madrid and Chelsea star Eden Hazard has been honest about the fact that he is enjoying retirement in recent weeks, and feels no particular need to return to the game after retiring this year. Former teammate John Obi Mikel has revealed that he had some well-paid offers to do so.
Hazard had gradually fallen down the pecking order at Los Blancos, struggling to perform and then picking up a series of injuries that led him to call time on his career at the age of 32. Mikel has revealed that part of the problem was the demands on his body that he had not made before. Previously, Hazard had cruised through training until arriving at Los Blancos, but after injuries caught up with him, the Belgian tried to change his habits.
“I had a phone call with him the other day, and he said, ‘you, you, you, you’re talking so much s*** about me’,” Mikel revealed on Vibe with Five, referring to comments where the ex-Nigerian international had revealed that Hazard did not make much of an effort in training.
“He told me he looked at himself, and when he went to Madrid he said, ‘Ok, let me try, let me give it a go, let me put some effort in’. But as soon as he did start trying, he started getting injured in training, his body couldn’t take it.”
“He said, ‘you know what, I’m just going to quit.’ He got offers to go to Saudi, ‘should I go to Saudi and take a million a week? I had two or three offers from Saudi, but I have a lot of money. You know how I live my life, I don’t spend too much money. So I have enough money to raise my kids’.”
Hazard remains the most expensive signing in Real Madrid history (€129m), and no doubt will have earned many millions over his career. While his spell at Los Blancos remains rather disappointing, and many will struggle to understand his mindset, he does appear to have a mature approach to life outside of football.
EmmyWatson
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He has pretty earned much
Treks
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There’s a problem we all have as a person We forgot money isn’t everything . The first man that sold ChelseaFC to Abramovich once said. He doesn’t know what some billions use money to do That can they sleep in more than one house , can they eat more than what their stomach can contain? Said he sold Chelsea for 100m but till date his not broke and he can still afford daily things on his own without begging. That we taking riches too far . You don’t have to be a billionaire to live a normal life . You jus need to be contented with whatever you have . So far you can feed yourself & family and you can have what u want at any fucking time that’s richness . Hazard doesn’t need to be like some other footballers before he can do whatever he wants his contented with what he has so we should let him be
NeXusAJ
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Simple explanation He don't want to train or sacrifice anything to stay in shape. Basically he is lazy.
Tunmise666
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were some people have not eaten here in one man rejecting money
deepsky
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Mike friends alone you will make them to stop answering your calls very soon. Some of the things they explained to you is because they trust you. they could have gone public themselves if it was for the public
JoyNg01
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deepsky
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All of you who are friends with Mikel just get prepaid because everything your did or he saw we will here it. I can't remember another other ex professional just explaining about their formal club like this