Real Madrid flop Eden Hazard has been told that he could become a 'superstar' if he was to move to Newcastle in the summer amid Chelsea and Arsenal transfer interest.
Hazard, 31, was yet again the victim of being snubbed by Carlo Ancelotti as the former Chelsea manager didn't give the winger any minutes in the recent El Clasico embarrassment for Los Blancos. A move that was heavily criticised by Real Madrid legend Guti who has questioned Ancelotti's in game management with a rant he delivered on Spanish TV after the 4-0 defeat on Sunday.
"I’m Ancelotti and I look at the bench and I have Hazard, Jovic, Bale, Isco… and you’re telling me that I can’t sub any of them in?" Guti told El Chiringuito via the Metro. "What’s going on? I am getting lost.
"I watch the game against Barcelona and I see the Real Madrid bench and I find that in the second half the first change from Madrid is Mariano… How can this be? Aren’t Bale and Hazard there? Madrid’s first offensive change Mariano, who hasn’t played this year? Real Madrid cannot just use 12 or 13 players. A big team that wants to fight for the Champions League, for La Liga and for the Copa del Rey cannot use just 14 players. What is happening here?
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"Whoever doesn’t want play, he’s not part of Real Madrid. This is that easy. But now let him say it. The club or Carlo Ancelotti has to tell that player, ‘go to a press conference and say I don’t want to play for Real Madrid’. Real Madrid is paying you… how can you not play?"
These strong quotes that have surfaced ahead of the impending Champions League quarter-final between the Blues and the Whites have certainly destabilised the Spanish giants whilst also increasing the confidence of Thomas Tuchel's outfit who would have been watching on and taking El Classico notes from afar. Hazard's homecoming to what could be an empty Stamford Bridge once again, just like last season's semi-final between the pair, could just be to sit on the bench for the full 90.
A sad reality that has inevitably pushed the 31-year-old closer to the exit door this summer with Newcastle, Arsenal and the Blues touted with interest. One of those sides in the form of the Toon, who are going to be backed well by their Saudi ownership this summer, have been told by Glen Johnson why they need to sign Hazard more than the London duo.
“It does sort of go against the grain of the business that Newcastle have been doing recently," he said when analysing a potential Hazard to Newcastle move via bettingodds.com. "At the same time, if you can get Eden Hazard anywhere near his best then he’d be an unbelievable signing. Factors that could affect the move would be how much Eden wants it and his desire to get back to his best. If Newcastle can pull it off and Eden’s interested then they’re going to get a superstar.
"If you’d have asked me a question about Eden moving to Newcastle four months ago when they were really in the crap then I’d be advising him to go nowhere near them as he’s a sensational player but he’s not going to roll his sleeves up and put his body on the line for you when you’re fighting relegation. Now they’re in a totally different situation where they’ve climbed up the league and they’re getting closer to where they should be, so they could probably get away with a luxury player like Eden now.”
