Sky Sports Soccer Saturday pundit and life-long Wolves fan, giving his thoughts on football across the country
“I have played and had fun on many pitches around the world,” said Eden Hazard on announcing his retirement at the age of 32. It seems too young in the modern era for a player of the winger’s ability to be calling it a day, but years of elite performances have taken their toll on his body.
His goal against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea hunted down the second Premier League title of his time at the club has gone down in local folklore. He brought a bouncing ball under control from Diego Costa in his own half with a softness of touch that barely had him breaking stride, before setting off on a mazy run, shrugging off an assailant trying to push him out wide before heading straight for goal and evading the attentions of two more markers.
Hazard’s career peaked in an era when Messi and Ronaldo were put on a pedestal but there were long periods in his Chelsea career when he performed week in and week out to incredible standards. For seven seasons he lit up Stamford Bridge and became genuinely indispensable. Mourinho loved the player and believed he was never protected from the harsher elements of defending that certainly took their toll on Hazard. The days of Norman Hunter, Ron Harris, Jack Charlton, Tommy Smith and co may be long gone but a player of Hazard’s pace and agility will always attract the attention of the clumsier, more cynical, defenders. Perhaps that is why his body has told
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