Eden Hazard Explains How Covid & No Rehab Ruined his Real Madrid Career!

Eden Hazard arrived at Real Madrid in 2019 to a lot of fanfare. Having joined from Chelsea at the peak of his career, the Belgian soon fizzled out and ended his spell with the European giants scoring just 7 goals in 76 appearances for the club.

Talking on John Obi Mikel's The Obi One Podcast, Hazard opened up about why his Madrid career didn't take off as expected. Eden Hazard said, "I think I was a bit unlucky with that period with Covid because if you want to know the real story, I went to Dallas to do the surgery on my ankle then I came back to Madrid and it was Covid, I had two to two-and-a-half months of Covid, me at home alone, no physio to do the rehab. I did my rehab alone. If I had to choose one thing to change I should have said to the doctor, 'Bring a physio, I need a good rehab'. I have to do it because I want to play at the highest level."

The Belgian finished by adding, "When the Covid finished, we came back on the pitch, I pushed my body like crazy but my ankle was not the same and then I break everything the season after, and then you know the story. If you want me to change one thing it's call the physio, 'Come home, I know it's Covid but please come home, I need rehab'. And things could be different at that time."

Would Hazard still be playing if he had done proper rehab? Let me know your thoughts...