Eden Hazard: "At Arsenal, Wenger ago, Vermaelen and the beautiful game ..."
After an exceptional year 2011 with Lille, Eden Hazard will certainly leave France for England late in the season. For which club? Tottenham has been cited, but the Arsenal Wenger and Vermaelen guard prodigy favor of the Red Devils.
2011 was the year of Eden Hazard: a title of best player in the championship of France which crowned a league and cup double with Lille who had not won a trophy for over half a century. That deserved the No. 1 spot of the Top 100 Sport / Foot Magazine - RTBF.
In January, we announced to you almost every day for a big club ...
Oh, I was not aware. (He laughs).
These rumors, they make you laugh or they irritated you?
People say everything and anything. I know my situation. They send me in the best clubs, it's been fun, but maybe I'm not interested in everything you hear.
You know your situation ... That is to say? I know what direction I will go. England is your priority?
This is the league where I think I can express myself better. Where I can learn more, too. Difficult to explain why. Question of feeling. The level of the matches, the atmosphere in the stadiums: this is still well above anything I've experienced so far in France. And that attracts me.
We quote you regularly at Arsenal, Arsene Wenger likes you a lot, you've always been a fan of Thierry Henry, ... This club inspires you because it has a tradition of beautiful game? This will be a priority for you to sign for a team that plays good football?
course. It's always more fun when it's beautiful. In addition, at Arsenal, there is a coach and French players. And Thomas Vermaelen. There are several clubs that interest me in England and Arsenal is really a part.
Sooner you go, the better?
One thing at a time: First, finish the season well with Lille. Then, it will make the right choice. Going abroad to find myself on the bench, this does not interest me. I know I will still raise my level. But, since the beginning of my career, I always set the bar a little higher. And I worked to be able to cross it. And I know many people in England. This is another added attraction.
At one point, they talked mostly Spain. Real Madrid, for example ...
I never told myself that I wanted to go to Real Madrid. Others have done in my place. I'm obviously not against the idea. Who does not dream of Real Madrid? Or FC Barcelona? I also closed the door to anyone. All major championships I like: Spain, Italy, etc.. But I am convinced that, for now at least, the ideal for me would be England. I am lucid enough to realize that being holder in one of two Spanish grandees, at my age it would be complicated.
