It is no secret that Eden Hazard is the best player in a Chelsea FC shirt. Since arriving at Chelsea FC, Eden Hazard has become a household name and is well on his way to becoming the superstar we all thought he could be. He has grown from a flashy winger to a complete player that helps his team in a variety of ways and that development can be traced back to Jose Mourinho.
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Jose Mourinho is notoriously hard on his attacking players and he expects nothing but the best from them both in attack and defense. In a recent interview with Gary Neville, Jose Mourinho discussed his young winger and he had nothing but good things to say about Eden Hazard. He raved about the Belgian for both his personality and talent and said that he believes Eden Hazard can be one of the top five players in the world.
Jose Mourinho on Eden Hazard:
"“I don’t know if you agree with me, but the profile of the ‘man player’ you found in football 15 years ago is different to the majority of the players you found at the end of your career. They are different kids. I think Eden is out of context at this moment. Why? Because he’s a fantastic kid. He is humble, very humble. Very nice. Very polite. Selfish – zero. Egocentric – zero. He is fantastic.“I had a conversation with his father. His father told me something that I loved. I don’t think it’s a problem to tell you. He said – ‘I have a wonderful son. He is a wonderful father. He is a wonderful husband. I want him to change, because I want him to be a wonderful player. But I don’t want him to change a lot. I don’t want him to become – and he used the name of two or three players.“I just want him to be the same husband, the same father, the same son, with a little but more tenacity, mental aggression, ambition, personal ego. A little bit more. And you are the guy to give it to him.’ We can never transform these fantastic players and men into a competitive animal, a competitive machine. Not even his father wants [that]. We have just to bring him to a different level, working hard in training, which he’s doing.“Yes, yes, yes. He’s never afraid to play and take responsibility. But it’s not about that. It’s about him saying – today, I have to be decisive. What he says in that press interview, when he says ‘I’m not one of the five top players in the world’ – he can be, but he cannot be in a match where he doesn’t do something in the 90 minutes that makes him decisive.“The week before against Arsenal, I was on him every day – be decisive. Don’t be happy with doing nice things. Don’t be happy being up and down in the game. You have to do something in the game that wins the game for us. And he did. This is the point with Eden. The talent is amazing, and the human side of him – especially in the modern days, because I work with top players for 30 years – he is not from these times. He’s from the old times.”“I had some guys in my career – they didn’t want to [defend]. You try to build something behind them to protect. His [Hazard’s] problem is not that. He wants. The only problem is to be focused during the 90 minutes and understand when he has to, and when he doesn’t have to.“I always say to him – you look to the situation. Sometimes you don’t need to [track back]. And you have to learn to read the game to know when you don’t have to. For example, if Matic is completely closed on the left side, and just behind him, I don’t want him to come. I want Matic to cope with the situation. I love to work with him. I love the kid. He will always have my support. He knows my nature. Our relationship is at a point where I can tell him anything. He knows I like him a lot. We are fine because of that.”Source: Telegraph"
As Eden Hazard goes, so does the rest of the Chelsea FC squad. He is an automatic first choice in the Chelsea FC lineup and he is quickly establishing himself as one of the best players in the Premier League and Europe. There is still so much time for Eden Hazard to develop his talent and take his game to the next level and we all get to enjoy watching him do it in a Chelsea shirt.
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