Chelsea legend, Eden Hazard has come out to admit that the Blues were far away when he assessed his options in 2012. He recently revealed that Chelsea winning the Champions League played a role in his signing, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he spoke with Sir Alex Ferguson and Harry Redknapp who was managing Tottenham at the time, and he only started considering Chelsea when they qualified for the next UCL tournament by winning it in 2012.
Hazard added that it was all about playing UCL football for him when he decided to leave France.
His words, “I had a chat with Sir Alex Ferguson. I spoke with Harry Redknapp, that time he was the manager [of] Tottenham. I went to Manchester to see the Man City training ground. So I had a few options, but not Chelsea. Because the last year [at] Lille, Chelsea were not good in the league. I knew I was leaving France to go to the Premier League, but not Chelsea because I wanted to play Champions League. That move came because you [Chelsea] won the Champions League.”
“My friend, Chelsea was far away [laughs]! That’s why I say, thank you to Drogba!”
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Chelsea Football Club is an English professional football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, they play their home games at Stamford Bridge.
The club competes in the Premier League, the top division of English football. They won their first major honour, the League championship, in 1955. The club won the FA Cup for the first time in 1970, their first European honour, the Cup Winners’ Cup, in 1971, and became the third English club to win the Club World Cup in 2022.
On 7 May 2022, Chelsea confirmed that terms have been agreed for a new ownership group, led by Todd Boehly, Clearlake Capital, Mark Walter and Hansjörg Wyss, to acquire the club. The group was later known as BlueCo.
The UK government approved the £4.25bn takeover, ending Abramovich’s 19-year ownership of the club. Bruce Buck, who served as chairman since 2003, was replaced by Boehly, while long-serving club director and de facto sporting director Marina Granovskaia left, as did Petr Čech from the role of technical and performance advisor.
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