Eden Hazard insisted he had lived the dream after announcing his retirement from football at the age of 32, the Belgian bringing to an end a career marked by dazzling skill and an impressive haul of trophies but which was ultimately wrecked by injuries.
Hazard rarely featured for Real Madrid having joined the Spanish giants for £88.5m from Chelsea in June 2019, in total making 76 appearances during his four years at the Bernabéu, only completing 90 minutes in six of those, and not once after December 2021. It was a situation the winger accepted could no longer continue.
