Eden hazard has NOT signed yet for Manchester United. Fake website "confirms" signing of Eden Hazard for 32 Million Pounds, mentioning it was stated on "BBC radio".

Unofficial Transfer rumors go crazy these days on the internet. As things need to go fast, and news is not doublechecked, even website www.mirror.co.uk jumped in the pool of wrong info! MirrorFootball sent a twitter "as rumour" that Eden signed a deal with Manchester United. Many fans Man U excited, and the news hat its own life in cyberspace.

Later on placing an article to show the website that triggered it: The website is already offline. And the news incorrect.

So for all fans who were excited about the news, or pissed off by it: Eden Hazard has not signed yet.

Stay tuned on this site as we are following the news closely and checking if it's real information or bogus.

Tribute video from Lille to Eden Hazard for 7 wonderful years. ENJOY!!!!

LOSCTV has made a tribute video for Eden as a sign of appreciation. Eden came to Lille 7 years ago, and it was a success story. Beautiful video, one of a kind.

Tribute Eden Hazard From Lille for Eden Credits LOSCTV 

4 clubs in are still in the running, and website posts rumors that Eden would have signed for Manchester United

French transferwebsite mercato365 published an article on the web where they claim to have info from their sources that it is Manchester United in the end that would sign Hazard.

No other similar rumours have been found, and it very unlikely Hazard would have made his choice only 1 day after his last match for Lille.

http://www.mercato365.com/infos-clubs/lille/eden-hazard-choisit-manchester-united-850961.shtml

More important, Lille director Frederic Paquet has stated that the future of Eden Hazard remains undecided as there are 4 teams that are interested in buying the attacking midfielder

Paquet has admitted that a 4th club has emerged as a potential candidate to sign the Belgium international.

"I am not sure he knows himself where he will go, so for the moment, we don't know," he told Sky Sports. "From my knowledge he has 4 teams interested in buying him. It is not up to us to tell to him where to go. We have a very strong relationship with the player, we will work together and we are waiting for him to make a choice between these 4 teams."

Eden Hazard confirms that his agent had talks with Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea.

In the interview after his last game, Eden thanked his team to help him become who he is.

He added added his manager spoke to all 3 clubs, and that the Chelsea offer makes it hard for him to choose.

Very logical for a 21-year old player to doubt, when huge clubs are trying to convince a player to join. Strong doubts because all 3 clubs are different.

Manchester United has many pros, with a tradition and history so big only Real Madrid can keep up with, Millions of fans in fanclubs over the globe, a guarantee to play every year for the Premier League title and Champions League cup. Not to forget Sir Alex Ferguson, who is the only trainer that managed to keep his team in the best 5 teams in Europe for years in a row. And what about the series of ex-players, that are known by any football fan: Cantona, Giggs, Cole, York, Stam, Solkskjaer, Schmeichel, Barthez, Ronaldo... The list is enormous.

Manchester City's tradition is not as strong, but has currently built a very strong team, with players like Tévez, Agüero, Silva, Kompany and the Italian coach Roberto Mancini, a coach with strong records, a strong personality and who used to be as well a very fine technical player.

Chelsea is a combination of both, with stronger tradition than City, has won more prizes won, and remarkable names as Drogba, Čech, Lampard, Terry, etc... that are known to every fan, and have achieved the status of World Class as well.

Both last clubs can offer a much higher salary, but their future depend on the finances of their owners. What if Abramovich (Chelsea) or the Abu Dhabi United Group (Manchester City) to lower the priority of football and decide to stop spending money in the clubs? What if the Financial Fair Play sets in soon, and the clubs are not able to buy any player they want anymore to keep themselves in the top 3? Then it all comes back how well the clubs are led, and what the trainer can do to stay ahead.

The answer lies with Eden Hazard. In our humble, personal opinion, the most important is that the trainer believes in the player, sees the talent that is there. Secondly that the trainer has a proven record of making players better. Thirdly, the stability of the club. Looking at the last 10 years, and seeing where the team ended in the championship says it all.

History has proven all teams can play champion, and be the best for a while, but only few clubs always rise back to the top: Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen, AC Milan, Inter, Real, Barcelona, Marseille, PSG, Anderlecht, Sparta Prague, Ajax, PSV, Feijenoord, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Celtic, Glasgow Rangers, Rosenborg, Olympiakos, AEK Athens, ...

Time will tell which club Eden prefers. In any case, all 3 clubs are fantastic! Stay posted.

Eden Hazard leaves Lille in Great Style with a HATTRICK !

Eden hazard has played his last game for Lille. And how! After starting in Lille at the age of 14, and playing there for 7 years, he now made a 5 star performance in his last game and scored a hattrick to thank all his fans for the support and the fantastic years.

Lille beat AS Nancy with a clear 4-1, with 3 goals from Hazard in the first half (Hattrick). Needingless to say who was Man of the Match?

Eden leaves the French competition with 20 GOALS! Just ONE less than topscorers Olivier Giroud and Nenê, with 21 goals.

Final Topscorers - Ligue 1 - Season 2011-2012

Without a doubt many Lille fans will continue to be his fan, and support Eden in his new club. Thanks for the wonderful season. Thanks also go to his coach Rudi Garcia, who has done a remarkable job in guiding Eden in his career, and giving him more responsability during the season, putting him in the right position (nr. 10) at the right moment of his career. We hope the next trainer is just as good as him.

Who will transfer Eden Hazard? Manchester City, Manchester united, or.... Chelsea?

Chelsea won the Champions League and is waking up from a dream. The investments from Abramovich paid off, and the improved scouting strategy seems to be a great way to go.

The daily mail reports Chelsea would jump in, and "steal" Hazard from both Manchester clubs. Would this article be reliable?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2146882/Chelsea-ready-break-bank-Eden-Hazard.html

It is far from impossible, since Chelsea has already bought 3 Belgian players recently: Goalkeeper Courtois (on loan at Athletico Madrid, winner of the Europa League Cup), Lukaku, very young but promising attacker (who made it to Man of The Match in his last game), and Kevin De Bruyne, young, talented midfielder with vista and a strong personality.

With Eden strenghtening the Manchester clubs, Chelsea's chances to win the championship in the next years would decrease.

Eden already revealed he would be playing in blue shirts next season, but all 3 English clubs have a blue shirt (Chelsea, Man City, and Man United - away shirt).

Today is Eden's last game for Lille, and it is expected he or his next club would announce the transfer soon... This website will report the transfer as soon as there is reliable information.

Eden Hazard movies from the French UNFP awards for season 2011-2012

Eden is announced as winner and receives the award Best Player of Ligue 1 in France:

Best 11 players of the season 2011-2012 (Best Team), with Eden Hazard on the nr. 10 position.

Eden Hazard awarded with Best Player of Season 2011-2012 in France by the French Football Union.

And again! Eden Hazard has been voted Best Player by the UNFP, the national union of French football players, for the second time in a row.

I am the number One!

Rising star Younes Belhanda (see earlier nomination post below), and recently given 5 stars (World Class talent) by this website, was voted Best new Talent 2011-2012. More Photos will be posted soon!

Eden Hazard, who has recently twittered he is leaving Lille ("playing last 2 games for Lille") seems to be sure to have a new club. This website is 90% sure it will be Manchester City.

Eden Hazard Best Player of Season 2011-2012 in France by Sport Newspaper L'équipe!

Eden Hazard has done it again! He was elected as Best Player of the Year in France for season 2011-2012, by Newspaper L'équipe.

Hazard, who is leaving the French competition, is leaving in great style.

Eden has demonstrated his enormous talents during all the games, and has put some impressive statistics together.

Hazard received in total 293 points of 35 journalists, and received more points than Olivier Giroud (Montpellier/188 points) en Nene (PSG/87 points). It is the first time L'équipe presents its Best Player Award. Hazard was 24 times voted first, 10 times second, and once third. He is the only player that got points from everyone.

L'équipe repeated that in 36 games with Lille, he marked an impressive 17 goals and 15 assists (17 goals and 22 assists when counting like transfermarkt.com where a penalty caused counts as an assist. This counting reflects the actual influence of the game more accurately) . With these statistics, Eden is the only player together with Messi who has 15 goals and at least 15 assists.

Hazard is also one of the 4 nominees for Best Player of Ligue 1 award of UNFP, the national union of French football players (Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels. There he nominated by his colleagues together with Nene (PSG), Giroud and Younès Belhanda (Montpellier)(See article 29 April below). Monday the winner will be known! Hazard already won the trophy once, was one time second, and won already twice the Young Player award as well.

He adds yet another award to his very young career (21y):

Trophies won in France:

Season 2008-2009

Best Young Player in France for season 2008-2009

Season 2009-2010

Best Young Player in France for season 2009-2010

Runner-Up (2nd place) Best Player in France for season 2009-2010

Player of the Month March 2010

Calendar Year 2010

In the Team Of The Year for 2010 in L'équipe

Season 2010-2011

Winner of French Cup in season 2010-2011 with Lille

Winner of the French Championship with Lille for the season 2010-2011

Best Player in France for season 2010-2011

Calendar Year 2011

Best Foreign Player of the Year 2011 in France

In the Team Of The Year 2011 by magazine L'équipe.

In the Team Of The Year 2011 by readers of magazine L'équipe.

Season 2011-2012

Nominated for Best Goal of the Year 2011-2012

Best Player in France for season 2011-2012 (by Newspaper L'équipe)

French magazine reports Manchester City will transfer Eden Hazard.

French magazine L'équipe seems to be sure Eden is heading to Manchester. They are not quite sure if it will be Manchester United or Manchester City, but all odds point to Manchester City.

Manchester City's spending budget has virtually no limit, and is the 3rd best paying club in the world. According to Eden's agent, Manchester City had previously this year made an offer of 30 Million to transfer Eden. Also Vincent Kompany, City's captain, and scorer of the winning goal against Man U, and putting his team back into the title race, has recommended Eden warmly to his club. Eden's visit to witness the Manchester derby must have been on invitation of one of both clubs and/or Kompany.

Manchester City is now definitely in pole position to sign Eden. See overview on Transfer News

Eden hazard keeps scoring or giving assist to win the games.

Against Nice, his assist was decisive to win the game win 1-0. His statistics are amazing.

In the last 11 games, Eden has scored 8 goals, and has 8 assists.

Note: This is the advanced calculation according to transfermarkt.com.

Causing a penalty is counted as well as an assist. Eden has caused 6 penalties in total this season. Another record in Ligue 1!

Eden guides Lille past PSG with a goal and a wonderful pass

A great playing Hazard guided Lille to victory over Paris Saint-Germain.

First he scored from penalty, later he prepared the 2-1 via a magnificent pass.

The critics who say Eden couldn't show his skills on the highest level are proven wrong again.

These games for the championship are very hard and cutting edge, and PSG has invested Millions to become a very strong team with many internationals.

Enjoy Eden's astounding pass for the 2-1 against PSG:

Magnificient pass from d'Hazard Credits LOSCTV 

Eden nominated again for Best Player in France by UNFP.

Great news. Eden is nominated as one of the 4 players that can win the Best Player award in France, awarded by the national union of French football players.

He has the competition of three other very strong players: Nene (PSG), Belhanda en Giroud (Montpellier).

Especially Belhanda seems to be a huge competitor.

Watch the skills on that youngster. Very much like Zinedine Zidane's gameplay:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah9AHU1EQn

No wonder Montpellier is ranked first place in the Championship.

Eden plays his 100th game in a row! A remarkable record.

Not only has Eden drawn the attention of world's biggest clubs, with his talent, gameplay, and vista. Eden is also a player you can count on. Eden has played his 100th consecutive match in Ligue 1. A phenomenal number. Eden hasn't been injured nor suspended, since 9th October 2009, and has played in all matches. A record in France!

This is very remarkable because statistics have shown, that from the more important European competitions, Eden is one of the most tackled players, and defenders often need to hit the breaks to stop him.

Now when we look at this into details, we can draw several conclusions. First of all, Eden has been lucky not to get an injury. Murphy's law is always waiting around the corner, and a football player can get injured at any time, especially offensive players.

But, it also proves that Eden has is a healthy and balanced player, and knows how to take care and listen to his body. Often players, overdue their efforts, resulting in small injuries. Or players get injuries from a heavy nightlife, unhealthy food, or even hidden infections on their teeth, resulting in small, but impossible to trace injuries. Furthermore, Eden is a fair player, and is not often suspended by yellow or red cards. He also didn't miss a match due to illness. Topcoaches like Ferguson, Mourinho or Guardiola take these statistics into account when looking for top players. A topcoach needs to win every week, and therefore needs players that are there to deliver, week after week.

So, well done on the remarkable accomplishment!

Manchester United Coach Ferguson confirms interest in Eden Hazard: "He is a very good player who has many qualities."

Ferguson admitted he watched the Lyon-Lille game a while ago to watch several players, buit with Eden in focus.

Sir Alex told lo French radio station: "I came to watch Lille play Lyon and followed Hazard of course, along with other players. "He is a very good player who has many qualities. He is particularly fast over the first 10 yards."

It is known Ferguson, one of the best coaches in the last decennial, is always keen on young, talented players, who are intelligent, ambitious, persistent, think one step ahead, fast, and technically skilled. They also must have a huge potential to grow over the years. Recent examples are Ronaldo - sold for 100 Million Euros, and Rooney.

Eden's profile fits into this description: Eden has proven to be very present on the field, has won several awards, and prices, and will allow an increase of game speed and accuracy when playing with skilled players like Nani, Young, or Rooney.

Ferguson makes a mixture of players that play so well together, the opponent has no chance to reorganize it's defence in time. One of the best combinations of the last years were Andy Cole and Dwight York, who formed a legendary partnership. They were switching positions all the time, both were killers in the box, and found each other with their eyes closed. And Ferguson is steadily working towards such a team again. Next year when Nani, Young and the other youngsters are more consistent, you will see an impressive Manchester United again... Hopefully with Eden Hazard?

Eden Hazard currently vice-topscorer in France, with 14 goals and already 11 assists.

Eden has already scored 14 goals in 30 games, and is behind Olivier GIROUD, the promising attacker of Montpellier.

Frontpage news in Léquipe: Eden lets Lille dream again of a new title.

Eden's recent great games haven't gone unnoticed. Once more on page number 1 of French newspaper L'équipe! The newspaper describes his performances at certain occasions with "WorldClass", and concludes Eden is ... simply the best player in France.

Eden puts Lille back in the race with his last performances.

Eden guides Lille back in the race of the French Championship, as a true nr. 10! Again one goal and one assist!

With a new haircut Eden Scored on penalty for Lille, and gave again an assist for the second goal. Lille won 2-1 from Toulouse. With a 9 out of 9 and 9 goals scored, Lille is back in the race for the championship, with 8 games to go.

Giving Eden the freedom to play as playmaker, could be a masterstroke from Rudi Garcia this year. Garcia is proving as coach he knows exactly how to let player play in their best position and become better players.

Eden should consider the coach as an important criteria for the choice of his next club. Money isn't everything. This is why Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Barcelona or Real should be high on Eden's personal wishlist. All four coaches have been able to dominate the competition, get the best out of their players, and win prizes.

Eden guides Lille past Evian-TG with 0-3, by scoring the first goal.

Just like last week, Eden has made the first goal in the large victory (0-3). On day 29th of the competition, Lille ensured a third place in the competition. Montpellier and Lyon also won their game.

Nike launches a Football contest for young Talents. Eden Hazard is host in the Belgian version of the show.

Eden Hazard and Belgian coach Bob Peeters are chosen to be the host in a show sponsored by Nike: The Chance. Talents are gathered and able to demonstrate their skills, and every time a player is chosen to move to the next round.

Belgian version of The Chance

All young players above 16 can sign up. How: see below.

Are you the new Messi or Neymar?

WHAT IS THE CHANCE?

The Chance is Nike Football's global competition seeking out the next wave of hungry young footballers.

Nike scouts are on the hunt in more than 50 countries to find 100 potential champions to battle it out at the Global Final in Barcelona.

IF I WIN, WHAT IS THE PRIZE?

The 16 winners will snap up places on an exclusive all-expenses-paid tour to train and play with some of the world's top teams at some of the best venues in football. The tour will run during January and February 2013.

HOW DO I ENTER?

The Chance is all about teamwork this year and it's easy to get your team involved. Just create a Team page through The Chance Facebook app. Then invite all your teammates and make enough noise to let the world know you've arrived.

More info about your regional version, and all rules: http://www.nike.com/choose-a-language/the-chance

More info about your Belgian version of the facebook app:

https://www.facebook.com/nikefootballbelgium?sk=app_345703908784256

Let the best ones win, and don't forget, besides talent and drive, fair play will also count!

Manchester-City coach Mancini sees Eden guide Lille to a 4-0 victory.

Mancini, on a scouting mission in Lille, saw a great playing Eden guide Lille to crush Valenciennes with a 4-0 victory. Hazard opened the score after a beautiful combination (see movie). an owngoal led to the 2-0 and Chedjou and De Melo scored on assists of Eden via a corner.

Eden got a new role behind the attackers, the so called playmaker or the famous number 10 role. Which seems to suit Eden very well, and this is where his future will be, in the footsteps of his idol Zinedine Zidane.

Eden scored the first goal

For sure Mancini went back home with some good notes. Eden confessed: "I was told by my coach he was watching, but I merely focused on the game"

See the goal here:

Eden goal in Lille - Valenciennes 4-0 (2012)

Eden rated as 3rd best talent in Goal Magazine!

German magazine GOAL rated Eden Hazard as 3rd best talent in the world, in its March 2012 edition.

See screenshots of the articles below. Two really big talents are rated before him: Neymar, the brilliant attacker of Santos (see other posts below), and Mario Götze, the 19 year old German midfielder, who went in one year from nothing to 30 Million of market value.

And number one is Mario Götze:

Here you can see why. The guy is brilliant!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH8K4kKNGL0&feature=related

Which club has most chance to transfer Eden Hazard? Sky bet has

opened a betting for it.

And as you know, bookies are always better informed than all journalists together... Because knowledge is money. Have a look at the chances, and compare them with the summary on the transfer news page.

Manchester Utd 4/1 Tottenham 4/1 Arsenal5/1 Chelsea 7/1 Manchester City 10/1

PSG 12/1 Barcelona 14/1 Real Madrid 14/1 Liverpool 20/1 Anzhi Makhachkala 20/1

Inter Milan 25/1 Bayern Munich 25/1 AC Milan 25/1 Juventus 25/1

Or see them here: http://www.skybet.com/football/transfer-specials/event/13737139

For those not familiar with betting numbers. The lower the number, the more likely the transfer will happen.

Note that all numbers are just for your information, and we are not affiliated with this website, nor suggest to place any bet, or gamble at all. Numbers on the website above are subject to change.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp said Spurs have made Eden Hazard a key target for the summer transfer period.

Redknapp says Spurs are ready to make a substantial offer for Hazard, even if Sir Alex Ferguson and Roberto Mancini are also tracking the player.

In an interview in French magazine L'équipe he quoted:"Our owner is ready to pay for an exceptional talent like Eden Hazard. I have seen him several times." And adds:

"But I know Manchester United are also following him very closely. City too. It will be difficult to sign him. But I love him. Last year, I loved Gervinho too (before his move from Lille to Arsenal)."

With this statement, Tottenham has jumped first in the race to sign the Belgian international.

One important thing: Eden will need to go talk to his current employer. No club will be found prepared to pay 40 Million Euros. Rumors claim that this would be the transfer price, which the club agreed with Eden.

Manchester United coach Ferguson was scouting Hazard during Lyon-Lille

Special guest last Sunday in Lyon. Alex Ferguson himself was watching the game and according to Sky Sports, to watch Eden Hazard. It also may be he wanted to get a better view on of of the other players, but Since Hazard has indicated he wanted to leave Lille, and clubs like Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham have shown interest, it is very likely he was measuring Eden for sure as well.

Eden played a normal game, and Lille unfortunately lost 2-1, and seems out of the race. Alex should have come last week, when Eden scored twice :)

Eden strikes again, this time twice against Auxerre!

If Lille doesn´t make it to win the championship, it won't Eden's fault. Eden made 2 goals - one was a penalty - but Lille didn't get further thana draw 2-2. Lille is still 7 points behind Montpellier.

Eden's assists in Greece-Belgium, and the future of Belgium´s national team.

Via a corner, Eden provided the assist to the goal of Chadli, who scored via the head.

Via a great pass in between all defenders, he offered Vermaelen an easy one-to-one with Greeces goalkeeper, but Vermaelen shot wide and didnt find the goal for the victory: Highlights Greece-Belgium 1-1. The second crucial mistake of Vermaelen in the same match, who already contributed to the first Greek goal. Luckily he is a real winner, and can be forgiven.

Good news is however, that national coach George Leekens is fínally seeing the light after numerous games, and is figuring out which are his best players available. What Dick Advocaat figured out in 5 games, he is finally seeing after game 23. Well, you get what you pay for...

He already put his best defenders, (2 on wrong positions), so in the best order being this: Vermaelen, Kompany, Lombaerts, Alderweireld), his best midfielders being Hazard, Witsel, Fellaini, Defour.

Depending on a stronger or less stronger adversary, he just needs to juggle between adding Mertens (offensive), or Vertonghen (defensive). Lukaku will be the (only) main striker, if he gets his playtime again in another club. Substitutes should be in Defense: De Laet, Van Damme, Van Buyten, Simons, midfield: De Bruyne, Rits, Odjidja, Dembélé, Attack: Vossen, Sonck, Mirrallas. With these, Belgium finally has a team which is talentwise in the worlds top 30 and good to go to the World Cup in 2014. Leekens better not screw up this time.

Eden improves his remarkable statistics for the season!

The numbers are impressive: In 35 games, Eden has in total 33 goals/assists. Not only does he score in every 3rd game, there is a good chance he delivers the assist to the goalscorer in all the other matches. Or even scores ánd gives an assist. Teams that have difficulty to create opportunities should really look at into hiring Eden!

"Eden Hazard chooses Tottenham Hotspur", according to France Football

Perhaps an important rumor...: France Football claims to know Tottenham has a deal with Eden Hazard. During an interview on Belgian Television, Eden didn't confirm, but didn't deny either.

Eden also said he is interested in playing in England. The Premier league is considered the most difficult on the planet, and has great tradition, full modern stadiums and offensive play style, and fair play is still considered important there. Eden was asked if his play style wouldn't better fit in Spain. Eden responded that "in order to play for the title in Spain, you would need to play for Real Madrid or Barcelona. That is not easy for a 21 year old player."

Superb Skills movie to show the skills of Eden anno 2012. Enjoy!

This one is so good, I had to put it on the first page.

All credentials go to rom7oooo, who created the movie. Great job.

Lille looses a spectacular match against Bordeaux (4-5!), Eden makes 1 goal and assist

Lille came back to 4-4 after looking at a 4-1 also thanks to a a beautiful assist and goals from Eden. But Bordeaux scored one more via Ludovic Obraniak, who was transferred to Bordeaux from Lille 10 days ago. Talking about a bad transfer :)

Chelsea scout reports he has watched Hazard 20 times and always gave a positive advice.

Chelsea scout Guy Hillion has claimed to have watched Lille's Eden Hazard over 20 times for the west London club. "I must have watched Hazard more than 20 times for Chelsea. I've written a 100 per cent positive report every time," Hillion told The Sun. 

Guy is the man responsible for picking the best talent from France and Africa for the Blues and believes that the young Belgian would be a perfect fit at Stamford Bridge.
"If Eden joins a big European club he will get even stronger," the scout stated. 

The Blues have already transferred a number of young Belgian talent, including Romelu Lukaku and only recently Kevin De Bruyne from Genk.

"I'm only leaving after the end of the season"

Eden clearly stated he does not intend to leave Lille in the middle of the season, during the current transfer period.

Lille beats Saint-Etienne: 3-0. Again another goal and assist by Eden Hazard!

Eden is boosting up his remarkable statistics with more goals and assists.

Lille needs 120 minutes to get passed Compiègne (4th Div) in the French Cup (Coup De France)

Lille scored in the 115th minute. Eden was substituted right after the goal.

Hazard not in the final 11 of the UEFA Team of the Year.

Most voters choose for new Welsh star Gareth Bale, currently playing for Tottenham. If Eden ended in second position is not revealed. Better luck next year, Eden!

L'équipe reports negotiations between Chelsea and Lille regarding transfer of Eden.

Chelsea, always looking for new players, is said to have negotiated with Lille regarding a transfer price. The president of Lille however has indicated he wouldn't let Hazard go for less than ...40 Million. Which is a price that is not realistic in the current economical situation, and a 21-year old player.

Lyon eliminates Lille in the French League Cup: 2-1

Lille and Eden Hazard are out of the French League cup (Coup De La Ligue). Lyon, who was playing with 10 players for a long time, managed to get to 2-1 after looking at a 0-1 by Joe Cole. Källström and Lisandro Lopez were able to score, thus sending Lyon into the semi-finals. Lille however is still in the running for the French Cup (Coup De France).

Marketvalue increased to 26,5 Million Euro.

Eden's Market Value increased from 22,5 Million to 26,5 Million according to Transfermarkt.com. See Transfermarkt website.

Eden was able to increase his value in 1 year, counting from 01.01.2011 to 31.12.2011 with 47%!

Job well done. Happy New Year Eden!

Hazard elected by L'équipe to be in the Team Of The Year.

French Newspaper L'équipe has added Eden into the best 11 players of the last year.

See here the best eleven from L'équipe:

Best coach was Rudy Garcia, the trainer of Lille.

Also readers could vote for the best eleven, and also there Eden has made it into the team:

Manchester city offer on Eden Hazard?

According to Eden's agent, Marc Formeux, Manchester City has made an offer of 30 Million to buy Eden. According to his agent, Eden is mostly interested in an offer of Real Madrid... Not sure if betting on Real Madrid is a good gamble or not... It's not sure Mourinho has counted Eden into his plans. Currently it looks like only Barcelona can stop the Machine from Madrid. Chances are high, Real will win the championship and make it to the Champions League final. Most Real players are young, talented and getting better every day. Adding another player to this team, will make it hard to play every week. If even Kaka is not granted much playtime... The future will tell.

Eden scores again in an exciting 4-4 against Nice.

Eden Hazard best foreign player of 2011 in France!

L'équipe has elected Eden as best foreign player in The French competition. His team, Lille is Team Of The Year. Another Trophy to add to his impressive list of achievements!

Lille back in the race, Eden scores again.

Eden puts Lille back in the race for the title. With a double 1-2 he did a slalom through the Dijon defense to finish past the goalkeeper.

You can look at the goal here

Lille eliminated after 0-0 against Trabzonspor, and Moscow winning from Inter.

Lille played a draw in the last game of the CL. Due to the victory of CSKA Moscow in Italy, Lille finishes fourth, and is eliminated. Lille did well, but was lacking some international experience on the highest level. Eden played a good game, but wasn't able to score.

UEFA nominates Hazard for European Team of the year.

Eden has been nominated for the best team of the year. He has quite some competition with top player like Garreth Bale (Tottenham), Angel Di Maria (Real Madrid), Juan Mata (Chelsea) en Ashley Young (Manchester United). In total 55 players were nominated. The nominees were selected by journalists of uefa.com. You can still vote - for Eden of course - until 5th of January. The winning team (and coach) will be published on18th of January 2012.

voting can be done here:

http://www.uefa.com/community/teamoftheyear/index.html

Hazard: "Waiting for Real Madrid"

Spanish newspaper "El Confidencial" wrote that in an interview Hazard said "he would only be interested in an offer from Real Madrid".
Italian newspaper Gazetta dello Sport would even know he has signed a pre-contract with Real.

Real Madrid's sports director Zinedine Zidane is a big fan of Eden, and is one of the few people who can really estimate how good Eden is, but more importantly how good he will be. Zidane used to be one of the best players in the world, with his typical dancing with the ball like it was a practise match.

Enjoy this beautiful compilation from Zidane. Poor defenders who were trying to take away his ball =). Even the Brazilian defenders stood no chance at all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYrWxb7UMVo

Real would be a good choice for Eden, although this website believes Barcelona would be a better choice. Playing with Messi is still a different level than playing with Ronaldo. Messi had a great possibility in the last years to grow into the player he is now, and eden will get the go the same way.

Hazard: "Got an offer from AC Milan"

Eden confirmed he spoke to Milan about a transfer at the end of the season. They suggested to finish the season here and then talk in June. He also confirmed he received an offer from Inter last season, but back then its wasn't clear who would be trainer and if Sneijder or Eto'o would stay.

Hazard: "Last season at Lille"

Eden Hazard confirmed talking to L'équipe that he is doing his last season for Lille. He said: "This year I staid at Lille to improve some things. But now I feel ready to show myself in another competition. I will finish the season here, I want to show the fans beautiful things. He also spoke about moving to PSG: "I'm not going to a direct competitor of Lille. The fans wouldn't agree on that. No, I'm leaving the French competition, and will go elsewhere."

L'équipe reports PSG would have approved an offer for 50 Million to hire Eden for next transfer season.

French newspaper L'équipe says to have information that PSG would make a heavy move on the Belgian international player. After having invested 85 Million last Summer, they would increase their offer to a dazzling 50 Million. This because they might be afraid, a bigger club would make Hazard sign and Lille would agree to the transfer price. A transfer would happen as from January... to be continued.

Eden's statistics remarkably high this season!

Eden'statistics become better every day. In Ligue 1 alone he has played 11 games, and 10 times he has given the assist to the goal, or scored himself. This means Eden is present every match, and making the difference.

See also Player Profile

Trainer Rudi Garcia openly believes Eden will be very hard to keep at Lille

"It will be extremely hard to find a player to replace him, but currently we focus on Eden, instead of on a replacement". It seems Garcia was informed by the club about offers that came in. The chance of a transfer is increasing every day.

Gazetta Dello Sport lists Eden Hazard as possible replacement for legend Del Piero.

Talking about an honour. Juventus is looking for a replacement for Alessandro Del Piero, the man that used to dominate the Champions League some years ago like his private playground, and the nr. 1 Italian newspaper came up with names as Ribéry, Rossi, and ...Hazard. Juventus, who is regaining strength after finishing their new stadium, wants to go back were it belongs.... semi-finals of the Champions League. Back to the good old times?: Vialli, Zidane, Nedved, ...

Eden turns game upside down with 2 assists

While Lille was looking towards a 1-0 defeat, Lille's trainer trows in Eden to turn around the game in the 53rd minute. With 2 assists and great gameplay, Eden actually turns the game upside down, and Lille left Montpellier with a 1-3 victory. Great work Eden!

In response to articles that compare Eden with the best footballers like Messi, and Ronaldo, Eden responds that a comparison can´t be made: "Messi is 3 levels better than me." Which is normal, since Messi is without any competition the best player on the planet, and currently 4 years older than Eden.

When Messi was 20, his value was estimated 40 Million. Moreover, after Messi played his first match for the first team of Barcelona, it took him 7 month to make his first goal. Even for Messi, the best player ever, it took time to evolve and get better to the level he currently has (unstoppable, and even getting better...)

Real Madrid to have shortlisted Eden Hazard?

The most serious Belgian newspaper De Standaard, says Real Madrid is keeping an eye on Eden. Zinedine Zidane would have received confirmation to talk to Lille in regards to a transfer. Real Madrid is one of the richest clubs in the world.

English newspaper The Mirror believes Real Madrid is back in the game for a transfer of Eden.

The newspaper notices that Arsenal stands no chance when clubs like Real Madrid come knocking on the door.

Lille plays 1-1 at Bordeaux. Eden scores again

Eden scores the only goal in the game for Lille.

Lille played a solid game against Moscow

Lille played 2-2 in the Champions League game vs. CSKA Moscow. Eden played a very good game, great passes, dominant as a number 10 and found all over the place: left, right, middle. Also did great defensive work. Against the Russian champion, Eden has proven he can handle the Champions League at the highest level.

Unfortunately, the individual class of the visiting attackers has led in last minute to a 2-2 tie, both goals by Seydou Doumbia. Lille is clearly missing Gervinho to finish off the last passing towards the goal. Last year, Eden and Gervinho understood each other flawlessly, which was a great advantage, and could create a winning goal in a second.

In the away game in Moscow, trainer Garcia will have to come up with a véry good plan to stop their talented and cold blooded attackers Vágner Love and Seydou Doumbia, because Moscow will bring in a very offensive team, and try to make the difference on percentage of efficiency in making the goals.

New Video of Eden's skills 2011

New video of Eden Hazard of his goals and skills from 2011, and the 2 wonderful goals against Saint-Etienne. Have a look at the movies section.

Eden scores brilliant 2 goals and proves ready for the Champions League

Eden Hazard has shown Lille the path towards victory against Saint-Etienne. L'équipe notices: "He is even better than last season".

Lille had a tough evening, but thanks to Eden's actions and goals, they were able to leave with all 3 points.

Hazard has proven to be ready for the Champions League game next Wednesday against CSKA Moscow. "Now I also finish my actions" Eden said. "Finishing off the last actions is what was kind of missing in my game. This worked out well today."

L'équipe even writes that Eden has put himself in "Messi-mode" again, referring to his first goal.

Also his colleagues noticed: "Eden is carrying more and more the weight of our team. He takes more responsibility. He is getting better every game, and he already was the best player in France!"

Eden Hazard fans are looking forward to see Eden demonstrate his skills in the best League on the planet and in front of probably the largest group of football viewers worldwide. We wish him lots of success.

Arsenal's 8-2 defeat and transfer season 2011 last minute moves

Manchester United humiliated Arsenal with an incredible 8-2. Although they needed a whole new defense that day, It is obvious Arsenal needs some new players after selling Nasri and Fabregas. Van Persie already complained that Arsenal would need some new players for this season. Today the transfer season ends. What players will Arsenal and other European teams buy last minute?

Arsenal Ready to make an offer on Eden?

According to rather serious sources, Arsenal would be looking into making an offer for Eden Hazard.

Arsenal is considering adding Eden Hazard to it's team. Manager Arsène Wenger believes the twenty year old midfielder from Lille should be an improvement to his current team.

One week before the deadline some transfers are being done that could influence this decision. Apparently Arsenal seems inclined to agree on Manchester City's offer on Samir Nasri. Eden would then be the replacement for him.

But to contract Eden, Arsenal will have to pay a serious price. Lille asking price is between 20 and 30 Million Euros. Eden was one of the key players in the victory of the Cup and the Championship in French League 1. No need to say that Wenger, who is French, is following that league very closely in search for young talents.

However, Lille's general director claims that "Eden can't leave this season anymore. We are aware of the interest of many big clubs, but we don't want to sell him".

In any way Lille will have a though time defending it's title this season with the loss of Gervinho and rising wealthy clubs like PSG.

To be continued....

Champions League for Eden with Lille?

Transfer season is more than halfway, and the European competitions are ahead. Most big clubs seem finished with their transfers. Every club need to hand it a list of players that are eligible for the European games.

It seems more and more likely that Eden will stay at Lille, and finally the big audience will be able to watch him play in the Champions League.

Liverpool transfers it's 3rd midfielder for 23 Million Euro

Liverpool transfers Stewart Downing from Aston Villa, for a transfer sum of approximately 23 Million Euro. Previously Liverpool already transferred 2 other midfielders Jordan Henderson (Sunderland), Charlie Adam (Blackpool).

Neymar wanted badly by the best and richest clubs...

...but not yet Hazard?

Neymar, the 19 old Brazilian super talented player from Santos, is being hunted by top clubs like Barcelona, Real Madrid and Man United. This was confirmed by his manager. Santos doesn't want to let him go, but a transfer price of 45-50 million, could do the trick. Neymar has been listed in the extremely talented and young profiles in the Transfer News section since early 2010 with the maximum of 5 stars. Neymar has been compared with Pele, by Pele himself, and also Ronaldo has confirmed Neymar could be the best if he can stay focused. This website confirms Neymar has incredible technique, creativity, vista, but also killer instinct. He is a combination of the creativity and fun of Ronaldinho and the efficiency and speed of Ronaldo, thus him still only being 19 years old.

So Madrid, Barça and Chelsea are currently looking for players to increase the quality of their teams just that extra mile to be able to WIN the Champions League. Being second, is not important.

The link with Eden is, that , Eden would currently more be a transfer to give that added value in a year, instead of immediately to win the CL. Thus chances to have a transfer to any of these 4 clubs have been lowered.

Chances to be transferred will be updated soon on the Transfer News page.

For those who would like to get to know Neymar: This video gives a good idea.

Always something happening when he has the ball.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3c55XBEaWI

We believe that chances that Eden will stay at Lille another season has been increased by at least 30% with all recent news.

Gervinho reported for physical tests at Arsenal

Gervinho has arrived in Arsenal for medical tests. Arsenal should finish the deal soon. Eden´s team colleague should sign a contract for 4 years. Transfer price would be 12 million. Arsene Wenger had put a high priority on the transfer of Gervinho who scored 15 goals and made 10 assists, being an important player to guide Lille to win the championship.

The chance that Arsenal will buy Eden Hazard this season has dropped a lot, since Arsenal cannot transfer both players from the same team, and Lille cannot let go all their best players, since Champions League is scheduled for next season.

Chances to be transferred will be updated soon on the Transfernews page.

Inter rumor - rumors spread on purpose

Belgian news paper reports on its website that Inter has Eden high on the transfer list and would have offered 40 Million for a transfer, but they state Lille rejected it.

No other sources confirm this.

This website believes this is just rumor spreading on purpose, or bad journalism. 40 Million is a price you cannot refuse, even for Lille. And thus is not correct information.

Arsenal interested in Gervinho / Update Fabregas transfer

Arsenal seems interested in Gervinho, Lille#s topscorer of last season, and would be prepared to offer 14 Million Euro.

A transfer would mean, that Lille would not be enclined to sell anóther of their best players to Arsenal, or any club, since Lille will play the Champions League next season. Furthermore, an offer of Barcelona for Fabregas has been rejected, because insufficient. Both situations are not in favor of a transfer for Eden.

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) tried to transfer Eden

PSG, the French club with a great history in Europe, has tried to contact Eden for a transfer. PSG, with new financial sponsors, had hoped to be able to attract the youngster, so move up in the ranking, and play again an important role in the French competition. PSG received a clear "NO" from Lille's president.

Barça interested?

Rumors that Eden would be on one of the shortlists of Barcelona. Rumors that are strong enough for Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo to contact Eden and ask what he thought about the interest. Eden replied he was "honored to be linked to Barcelona."

Fabregas going to Barça?

Strong rumors about Fabregas moving to Barcelona. Barça needs new players for the next season, and has to buy the best of the best to do better. The chance there will be a deal is rated high by our website. The transfer sum estimated 30-40 millions could give Arsenal the money to push the transfer of Eden to Arsenal. Eden's value is currently estimated between 18-25 million.

Fenerbahce

Hasan Çetinkaya, the manager of Fenerbahce would have been sighted after the match Belgium-Turkey.
According to the rumors, Eden would be accompanied by John Bico, Eden' manager. Fenerbahce has always had great interest in the player, but the high transfer sum has blocked a transfer so far.

Transfer Season 2011 started

Transfer season has started. We will try to keep you posted on the latest transfer news and serious rumors.

Market Value News

Market Value increased from 18 Million to 22,5 Million according to Transfermarkt.com. See Transfermarkt website.

That's a dazzling 4,5 million more.

President of Lille speaking

Eden is a hot topic in the media.

Michel Seydoux, the president of French and cup winner Lille, believes that Eden Hazard isn't transferable. "I think a transfer of Eden is not possible. We never had the intention to sell him, and he still has a contract until 2015. We have a project, and Eden is part of this.

If Zinedine Zidane would wants to call me back in 2 or 3 years, that is possible, but now isn't a good time...". Of course this is just normal marketing talk, to raise the price. Lille will sell for a good offer.

Zinedine Zidane new Sports Director at Real Madrid

		Important news. Real Madrid has appointed Zinedine Zidane as the new Sports Director. Zidane, who currently works as an advisor the the club's president on first-team affairs, will be taking the position after Real president Florentino Perez announced Wednesday that the club's management would be restructured following the dismissal of director general Jorge Valdano.

Valdano had recently and repeatedly clashed with coach José Mourinho. Mourinho, who is currently one of the best football coaches in the world, won the duel of power between them, and Valdano had to go.

"There were two people with a strong sports character and the harmony that needs to exist was lacking. You were all witnesses of this over the past season. There was a clear dysfunction that needed to be resolved," he said.

Perez said the restructuring would give the club a more "English" style that would grant Mourinho more autonomy over decision-making as the Portuguese coach has long demanded.

Zidane, who played for Real for five years between 2001 and 2006, has been a special advisor to Perez since November 2010.

The three-time FIFA World Player of the Year will now inherit the post of Sports Director. Zinedine Zidane has always admired Eden Hazard, and now that he is in this function, the probability that Zidane would aim for a transfer of the best French player of 2010-2011 in France, has highly increased. Because Eden's transfer price won't go down shortly.

Eden Hazard Best player in France 2010-2011!

Eden is staying in the winning mood. After winning the cup and the title, he now is elected to be the Best Player in the French League 1 in season 2010-2011!

Eden Hazard wins the 2010-2011 Championship in France!

Eden Hazard wins the French Championship with his team Lille!! Congratulations to this huge success!

Liverpool checking for transfer price

LIVERPOOL is reported to have informed about Eden Hazard. It hasn't come to an official bid offer yet, but Liverpool asked toi be kept informed if there are changes or other interested parties.

Lille close to winning the French Chanpionship!

Lille is close to winning the Championship. With only 2 matchdays to go, Lille is 6 points ahead of Marseille.

Eden Hazard has won the French cup!!

In the final his team beat Paris Saint Germain with 1-0.

Ludovic Obraniak scored before half time the only goal of the game. Goalkeeper Gregory Coupet of PSG didn't make a great impression there. The keeper however did stop a penalty later from Lille player Mathieu Debuchy. PSG has been in the final 6 times the last 9 times!

Lille wins the most important cup in France for the sixt time in history. Last time was in 1955!

Inter interested and following Hazard

INTER is interested in Eden Hazard. Massimo Moratti, president of Champions League-winner Inter, has show his interest for Hazard.

Moratti called Hazard "very surprising" during an interview with television channel Sky Sport. "Giuseppe Rossi (attacker at Villarreal - See transfernews page of young talents) is a strong player, but Hazard is more surprising", said Moratti.

"Hazard can become an interesting player. My son always says we need to buy Eden, but we haven't contacted him yet." Angelomario Moratti is, besides being the son, also vice-president of Interernationale.

He has even made it to the front page of the famous Italian Sports newspaper La Gazetta Dello Sport.

Eden Hazard has been nominated for the Trophy of Best Player of the Year in France!

This was announced by the Union of French Football Players (UNFP). The winner of the Trophy will be announced on May 22nd.

Eden stands a good chance if he can guide Lille to win both the Cup as the Title.

Eden gives another assist to win against Saint-Etienne

Lille en Eden Hazard are again one step closer to winning the French League, after beating Saint-Etienne away with 1-2, during the 35th matchday. Hazard gave the decisive assist to the winning goal to Mavuba (68th min.). Near the end of the game, he received a well-deserved honorable substitution with applause. If Lille can win 2 games out of the remaining 3, they will win the league!!

Eden gives assist in the 5-0 victory

Lille has beaten AC Arles-Avignon with a convincing 5-0. Eden played all match and was good for an assist. Marseille ended with a draw against Auxerre, and thus Lille talk the pole position again.

Zidane also advises Juventus to get Hazard

Former Juventus International and football legend, Zinedine Zidane, has advised Juventus to sign highly-rated International Eden Hazard in the upcoming summer transfer window.

"I would take Hazard if I were Juventus. He's a great player, even though it's hard to say whether he will be able to follow in my footsteps at Juventus," said Zidane while talking to Italian newspaper, Tuttosport. Zidane praised Eden Hazard further when he said that he is convinced that the youngster will become ‘a great player’.

"Juve" have struggled to find their best form in Italy this season as they occupy seventh place in the Serie A standings. Chances of the Old Lady featuring in the next season’s Champions League are very bad. This might add to their disadvantage in acquiring Eden Hazard who is almost guaranteed Champions League football next season with Lille.

However, Juventus, who had been ruling the top charts in the Champions League 5 years ago, need new players, since Del Piero has had it's best time years ago.

Previously, Zidane had advised Real Madrid to buy the youngster, without a transfer so far.

Eden in on a RAMPAGE course!

With a brilliant goal he executed Nice's goalkeeper, to guide Lille straight into the Cup Final! He entered the game in the 36th minute, and before half time, he scored the 1-0. The game ended in 2-0. It has been 56 years ago since Lille was in the Cup Final! Lille now has a good chance to win both the title as the cup. With a splendid Hazard this just might become reality!

Enjoy the execution of the goalkeeper here, he stood no chance :) See video here

Lille looses the match in Bordeaux. Lille is still 1 point ahead of Marseille.

NIKE selected Eden for its Nike Superfly campaign

The world famous sports brand NIKE has selected the young and talented Eden Hazard for it's new SuperFly campaign. Other players who received a selection are C. Ronaldo and the talented Brazilian superstriker Neymar.

Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzdt7Z8KJ0w

Voted as best player of the Month

Eden has been voted - again - as the best player of the month March in the French league. Congratulations - again :)

Eden celebrates 100th Match in the first league with a goal

In his 100th match in the French ligue, another goal from Eden. Lille wins 3-1.

Will Eden personally guide Lille to win the French Championship? With a goal from him in the 92th minute, scoring the 2-1, his team beat Valenciennes, to stay 3 points in the lead.

Goal here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsNJl6Im7Ps

Lille has beaten direct competitor Marseille with 1-2. First goal was brilliantly scored by Eden with a hard shot from approximately 30 meters distance. Lille is dreaming of a possible first title.

Goal here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYB1UPLpiAM

Eden has extended his contract with Lille until 2015. Last year he already added 2 more years.

Lille is keen on offering Hazard an improved contract soon. This in order to increase the ask price. Hazard has a contract until 2014. This however does not seem a good idea, since an already high transfer fee are keeping clubs from transferring the player.

PSV eliminated Lille with 3-1 in the Europa League. Both times Lille´s trainer started the match with his B-team. He wants to concentrate on winning the French League and the French cup.

French Sport newspaper L'équipe opens the first page with the news that Chelsea is trying to transfer Eden during next summer. The English club, is owned by Roman Abramovich, a Russian businessman who is listed as the 50th richest man in the world. The team who has won last year's premier league is looking for players to make the team younger. The current average age is too high. Chelsea has already bought 2 new players this winter, David Luiz, and Spanish worldclass striker Fernando Torres this winter. The transfer of Torres, from Liverpool, who was bought for a whopping 58 Million Euros, is showing that Chelsea is one of the few clubs that would not have a major problem to pay the transfer fee that Lille is asking (25 Million). This news was also posted on the The Independent, a newspaper which is considered as being serious one.

Likeliness to be transferred - see on TransferNews page

Belgium - Finland 1-1. Eden starts, and plays a good game. Not all his dribbles were succesfull, but he was showing quite some offensive pressure. Finland scores the equalizer in the very last minute. Newspaper HLN gave him a 7/10.

Eden scored the 1-1 in the national cup game versus Nantes. Lille is through after penalties.

31/01/2011 23:59:59. Winter Transfer market has officially closed. Eden Hazard was not transferred and will play for Lille at least until end of June, when the Summer Transfer market re-opens. In the second part of the season, Eden and his team have a challenge to move further ahead in the FIFA Europa League, try to win the French Championship, and who knows, even the French Cup!

Market Value News

Market Value increased from 16 Million to 18 Million Euro according to Transfermarkt.com. See Transfermarkt website

Success trainer Laszlo Bölöni, now coaching Lens, has observed the qualities of Eden. And was impressed. "Eden is a very good player, and fits perfectly into the spirit of Lille: offensive and playful. He could make Lille Champion."

Bölöni has won titles with Sporting (Portugal) and Standard Liege (Belgium).

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted to French TV show Telefoot that Lille’s rising star Eden Hazard is a player that interests him. Wenger confessed that Hazard is most definitely a player that he is monitoring closely, but is not sure when the right time will arise for a transfer to become a possibility.
He remarked: "He is a player that I have followed for some time, but I do not want to destabilise Lille right now. When he is available for transfer, we will see if there is the possibility to sign him."

Lille beat Nancy 3-0 to move four points clear at the top of the French league. Gervinho marked in the 47th minute. He later offered Eden Hazard a perfectly timed pass into the penalty area. Hazard finished confidently past the goalkeeper. Hazard was also involved in the third goal when his pass released Moussa Sow and his shot was saved by the goalkeeper, but Gervinho put away the rebound for his 10th league goal of the campaign.

"We are following Hazard", Wenger said to the English press. Eden indicated in the past it would be a dream to play for arsenal. "Let's see if we can make the dream come true" Wenger added. "We have plenty of offensive players at the moment, but we might see next summer what we can do. I am convinced he has all qualities to play for Arsenal."

Eden Hazard has been listed in the Team Of The Year 2010 in French sport newspaper L'équipe. They see him as the best link winger in the French competition. He received more votes than the Brazilian Néné (Paris St.-Germain) and Michel Bastos (Olympique Lyon). More pictures and info on this soon!

Lille crushes Lorient with 6-3!

A good playing Hazard hit the post and was substituted in the 82nd minute. Due to the loss of Marseille, Lille is first and 1 point ahead of the second in ranking.

Zinédine Zidane has admitted again on French TV Canal Plus that he recommended Lille-player Eden Hazard to Real Madrid. Zidane is since this season advisor of the first team and works closely with Real-manager José Mourinho. "It is possible he will come to Madrid. What he is doing for Lille is exceptional."

French Sports Magazine L'équipe has a big Cover Story on the young Belgian talent.

Not only is he on the front cover, he is also on page 2 and 3.

L'équipe describes him as one of the stars in the league, and is also called "a wizard".

On a poll asking if Eden is currently the best player of the league, 43% of the readers voted yes. Internet Poll L'équipe

Eden is happy with the attention but remarks: " It's funny there is so much talk about me right now. 1,5 months ago they said I was playing a moderate level. That means things can go fast in football and thats the reason why I will stay focused."

Eden Hazard is playing very well in France and a transfer seems to be upcoming. President Michel Seydoux also recognizes this:

"It is a pleasure to see him play, against Monaco he was incredible again. There will be some offers, but the player has realized he has a good place here in Lille"

A brilliant Eden has guided Lille to the first place in the French championship! The Belgian prepared both goals for Pierre Alain Frau and Ludovic Obraniak.

Eden would be on the shortlist of Liverpool. This has been reported by the The Daily Telegraph. The midfielder is shortlisted, just like his Belgian colleague Steven Defour for a possible transfer during the winter break. Liverpool is not doing to well and need a stronger midfield to dominate the games.

Eden Hazard responds to the earlier criticism by playing a great game vs. Caen in the French Cup. A penalty foul was committed against him, and with a great dribble and goal he executes Caen with 1-4.

Lille beats Levski Sofia with 1-0. Eden was awarded the "Man of the Match" award. Especially in the second half, his dribbles were exceptional.

Marc Wilmots, the T2 of the Belgium national team explained why Eden didn't start in the game. He want him to work harder on training. Also Georges Leekens criticized him to show more seriousness during trainings.

Belgium's national coach opts for attackers Jelle Vossen and Lukaku in the game versus Kazakhstan. Eden is currently noticeable not in top form, while both other players currently are, and Belgium needs to score.

Turkey-Belgium 3-2. Succescoach Guus Hiddinck guided the Turkish national team to a victory, after Belgium came back to 2-2. Eden only played the last minutes of the match.

The Belgian National Team lost it´s first EC qualifier match. Belgium-Germany 0-1. Hazard played a strong match together with Dembélé.

Belgian newspapers report Eden will become father soon. He and his girlfriend are expecting a first baby by the end of the year.

31/08/2010 23:59:59. Summer Transfer market has officially closed.

Eden Hazard was not transferred and will play for Lille at least until January, when the winter transfermarket opens.

Lille has played a 1-1 draw versus Nice. The 4th consecutive draw already this season. Eden played 90 minutes and scored a goal.

New Season has started. Lille played 1-1 against Rennes. Eden made the assist for 1-1. Eden has injured on the head and had to play with bandage around the head.

In an interview with Aziz Yıldırım, the president of Fenerbahce, he said that Fenerbahce had offered 19 million for Eden Hazard, but Lille wanted 25 million. "We are not going to buy him anymore because we think 25 million is too much"

Preparations for Season 2010 - 2011 have begun. No transfer has been made yet. Eden still plays for Lille, but the transfer period is not over.

Eden Hazard is hot on the transfer lists of the European best clubs! According to the French newspaper Le parisien, Real Madrid has offered a 22 million for the 19 year old attacking midfielder. They state Lille has declined the offer, and would like to recieve 30 million for this talented youngster.

Also it is said Bayern Munich would have made Lille an offer, but also insufficient. Earlier Fenerbache wanted to pay 15 million.

"Eden Hazard will probably play next season in the Turkish league". That was said Wednesday by his manager Ekrem Örenç to Özgür Sancar in Radyospor (Turkish radio station). According to him, the future of the midfielder is situated in the Turkish Super League because he can get more playing minutes.

The ask price for the 19-year-old player is not 30 million, as some media reported but 15 million euros, he says. According to Turkish media, Fenerbahce will confirm the transfer of Eden Hazard within 1 week.

Eden has played an important role in the victory of Belgium over Bulgaria (2-1), which was a friendly game. In this very last game of the season, a penalty fault was commited against him, and he gave 2 assist on the late goals. His penalty however was stopped by the Bulgarian keeper.

See the goals and assists of this game here on YouTube

Have a great summer holiday to recharge those batteries, Eden!

Lyon has openly shown interest in Eden for a possible transfer. Lyon would like to discuss this with Lille as soon as possible. Lyon's President Jean-Michel Aulas quotes: "We were interested last year, but the price was scaringly high. Last year, we also contacted them, but there was no breakthrough since was expected that Eden would play Champions League with Lille. We will only transfer Lyon for a price that fits into Lyon's transfer policy"

The French Ligue 1 2009-2010 ended, and Eden's team Lille has conquered the fourth place. Not enough for Champions league participation however. Lille wil play in the Europa league next year.

Sports Newspaper L'équipe published a list of best Belgian players ever in the French League. Eden is awarded with the second place, after Enzo Scifo who used to play for Auxerre. Behind Eden comes Daniel Van Buyten (Marseille), Frank Vercauteren (Nantes) en Erwin Vandenbergh (Lille).

For the second consecutive time, Eden Hazard is awarded the Best Young Player in France Ligue 1! This time for the season 2009-2010.

Moreover, he scored second place in the category Best Player, right after Argentian goalgetter Lisandro Lopez, who was transferred to Lyon for ...24 Million Euro Last Year.

Read full article

The French Rapper Busta was inspired by and has made a rap song about Eden. Music here: Eden Hazard rap song (Busta)

Win a NIKE Master Speed Elite with Eden Hazard. See link

Eden Hazard's Lille places itself in the TOP 3 of the French Ligue 1. Place 3 allows the team to play Champions League next year (with qualifiers)

German newspaper Bild published a list of 17 players that are on the shortlist of Bayern Munich. Eden Hazard is listed, together with talented youngsters dembélé (AZ Alkmaar) and Romelu Lukaku (Anderlecht).

Eden Hazard has been elected Best Player in March of Ligue 1 in France. He aquired 55% of the votes, far ahead of his competitors.

The article (in French) can be found here: Read full article

Zinedine Zidane (Technical adviser of Real Madrid's President) says: "Eden Hazard is "a star of the future" ("le crack du futur"). "He is very fast, very skilled and can become a great football player." And repeats: "I would bring him to Real Madrid with my eyes closed"

Arsène Wenger, the French manager of Arsenal, has opened hunting season on Eden Hazard. Allegedly Eden was called in person by Wenger to discuss his future and to express the interest Arsenal has in the talented Belgian "Red Devil".

Arsène Wenger, who’s watching him since three years, told the French camera’s of “Telefoot”: “He does not let me be indifferent towards him”. 

Last time Arsène called a young player was... Thomas Vermaelen, who is now playing for... Arsenal.

The English website Sky Sports reveals that Liverpool has asked Lille for a transfer price. Lille aparantly replied with a 22 million Euro transfer price... Eden replied he is flattered but still happy at Lille where he has a contract until 2014

Eden receives the Best Young Player Award in France, for the season 2008-2009. What is remarkable, is that since the start of the Trophy in 1994, Eden is the first Non-French player (Belgium) to win this award.

Zinedine Zidane quoted during an interview: "I would take him with my eyes closed to Real Madrid"

17-year Eden Hazard signs a new employment contract with OSC Lille until 30-Jun-2012.

National coach René Vandereycken has invited Eden Hazard for a selection in the Belgian national team, for the game against Luxemburg.

Eden is Under-19 years player for the Belgian national team.

Eden Hazard is Under-18 years player for the Belgian national team.

Eden Hazard participates for Belgium at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup 2007 in Korea.

Eden participates for Belgium at the FIFA Under-17 European Championship in Belgium.