“?Former Chelsea winger Joe Cole has lavished praise on the club’s current star player, Eden Hazard, and has stated that the Belgian is the most complete footballer he has shared a dressing room with.
The two both played for Ligue 1 side Lille in the 2011/2012 season and though that campaign proved to be their final at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Cole clearly saw enough of Hazard to hold him in high regard.
The Tampa Bay Rowdies midfielder told “?CFC fan TV: “He’s certainly the most talented all-round footballer I’ve played with and he’s already a hero with the fans.
“I hope he stays there for the rest of his career. I was so happy when he signed for Chelsea.
“My first game in France with Lille, Rudi Garcia was saying to me “?we’ve got this good kid’. “He said “?I want you to play with him’ and then he scored two of the best goals you’ll see within 20 minutes.
“I came on the pitch and set up a goal, we won 3-1 at St-Etienne, and in the interview afterwards “? it must have been his only English word at the time “? he kept saying “?my brother, my brother’.
Eden Hazard’s Premier League record since joining Chelsea:
158 games
551 take-ons
364 chances created
50 goals
33 assists
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“He’s a nice kind, he’s got a nice way about him, he loves training, he loves football and everyone in that dressing room in France loved him.”?
Hazard joined Chelsea at the end of the 2011/2012 campaign and has gone on to become a crucial component of the team.
He won the PFA Player’s Player of the Year award back in 2015, when the Blues were crowned Premier League champions and is once again playing a key role in their title push this season, having scored nine goals and contributing four assists so far.
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