Chelsea legend Eden Hazard has chance to fulfil career dream for Real Madrid against Liverpool

On this day 10 years ago, Eden Hazard changed the lives of Chelsea fans worldwide. He publicly announced that he would be a Chelsea player for the season 2012/13.

It feels like it was just yesterday when Manchester United fans felt certain that the Belgian would join Sir Alex Ferguson in what would be his last season for the club. Hazard piqued the interest of several top clubs but he chose the Champions of Europe at the time and the rest was history.

I don't enjoy being emotionally attached to players. Before his arrival, Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard were the only players who I could say were Chelsea through and through. I'm sure each Chelsea fan has a couple of players to whom they grew an attachment to. Hazard made the list the second he announced his arrival in unprecedented fashion. A tweet was all we had to confirm that he was coming to Stamford Bridge. What a journey it has been since then!

When you mention Eden Hazard, you think of him as one of the best footballers to grace the new Premier League era. I don't make the rules, it's just a fact. Such a talented Belgian magician. He acclimatised quickly to the league after his move from Lille. He just seemed like he belonged.

In his 7 years as a West Londoner, Hazard won many individual honours. He was in the years 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019. In 2015 he won and In addition to his honours, he was in the in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017. Was in 2014. And was , and the in 2017.

A pretty impressive seven years with the Blues on an individual scale, but he had also helped the team drastically to a number of trophies.

Though he announced he would be joining the Blues on this very date in 2012, he left a day after in 2019. He made his move to Real Madrid where he has