It is worth remembering just how special a player Eden Hazard was at Chelsea. The Blues beat Manchester United to his signature and reaped the rewards: Hazard lifted two titles at Stamford Bridge and boasts a host of individual accolades as he became arguably the Premier League's best player at the time, bamboozling defenders with his prodigious dribbling and eye for goal.
By the end of his Chelsea career, Hazard looked to be the heir to Messi and Ronaldo’s throne. Whilst Chelsea sold him at the perfect time, they also got to witness a truly great forward in his prime before cashing in to fuel the development of the next generation.
The injury-prone winger was even rumoured to make a return to the Blues under Thomas Tuchel in 2021, but it wasn’t to be. It is perhaps testament to the sheer impact of the Belgian’s time at Chelsea that such a return was plausible despite his swift downturn of form since moving to Madrid.
