{"id":287781,"date":"2023-09-06T19:36:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=287781"},"modified":"2023-09-06T19:36:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:36:11","slug":"eden-hazard-has-said-its-time-to-enjoy-life-by-drinking-a-few-beers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/eden-hazard-has-said-its-time-to-enjoy-life-by-drinking-a-few-beers\/","title":{"rendered":"Eden Hazard has said &apos;it&apos;s time to enjoy life by drinking a few beers&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Former Real Madrid and Chelsea star Eden Hazard drops hint he is close to retirement insisting &#8216;it&#8217;s time to enjoy life by drinking a few beers&#8217; in new Belgium documentary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eden Hazard was released by Real Madrid this summer but is yet to find a club<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Belgian struggled to find form in Madrid after his \u00a389m move from Chelsea\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hazard has recently appeared in the Belgium&#8217;s new documentary series &#8216;Believe&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Real Madrid and Chelsea star Eden Hazard has dropped a hint that retirement is edging closer in a new documentary series on the Belgian national team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hazard was released by Spanish giants Real Madrid in the summer after making just 76 appearances across four seasons at the club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Real bought the winger from Chelsea for an initial fee of \u00a389m rising to a potential \u00a3150m, but his spell in Spain was plagued with injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After scoring just seven goals for the club, Hazard now finds himself without a club at the age of 32.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And in a soon-to-be-released documentary about the Red Devils called &#8216;Believe&#8217;, the Belgian seemed to suggest retiring was his next move insisting: &#8216;it&#8217;s time to enjoy life by drinking a few beers.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/19\/75134241-12488509-Eden_Hazard_struggled_for_form_during_his_time_in_Spain_scoring_-m-15_1694023333361.jpg\" height=\"372\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Eden Hazard struggled for form during his time in Spain, scoring just seven goals for the club<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/19\/75134249-12488509-The_Belgian_had_an_electric_seven_years_at_Chelsea_winning_the_P-m-14_1694023320168.jpg\" height=\"428\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Belgian had an electric seven years at Chelsea, winning the PFA Player of the Year in 2015<\/p>\n<p>The docu-series follows the day-to-day life of the Belgian national team through various players, including Johan Bakayoko, Amadou Onana, Jan Vertonghen and Hazard himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The winger did reportedly have\u00a0some English clubs interested in him after leaving Madrid, but concerns about his fitness seemed to be a major barrier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian winger suffered 18 seperate injuries during his spell in the Spanish capital, ruling him out of 95 games for club and country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This was a complete contradiction to his time at Chelsea, where the Belgian was rarely injured and knotched 110 goals and 92 assists in 352 appearances for the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>Hazard won the Premier League twice and the PFA Player of the Year award at Chelsea, but also secured two La Liga titles and the Champions League with Real Madrid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He retired from international duty after Belgium crashed out of the group stages at the Qatar World Cup and looks to be following the same route with his club career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/06\/19\/75135317-12488509-image-a-16_1694024097906.jpg\" 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