Eden Hazard is arguably one of the greatest ever to don the famous blues shirt for Chelsea. The former Belgian skipper scored 110 goals and provided 92 assists in 352 appearances for Chelsea before his big-money move to Real Madrid.
Hazard played with youngsters like Kelvin De Bruyne, Mohammed Salah, Vinicius Junior, and more during his playing career at Lille, Chelsea, Real Madrid, and the Belgian National Team. However, he has named Chelsea and Sevilla flops Gael Kakuta the best youngster he has played with.
The Congolese international spent eight years at Chelsea but only made 16 outings for the West London club. He spends the majority of his Chelsea career on loan at Fulham, Bolton, Dijon, Vitesse, Lazio, and Rayo Vallecano. He later joined Seville but did not go well and left for Hebei China Fortune in the Chinese Super League. Gael Kakuta is currently playing for Amines in French Ligue 2.
What did Eden Hazard say?
He revealed via the Obi Podcast: “‘In Real Madrid, I played with the best players in the world.
“For me [Luka] Modric, [Karim] Benzema, they are top of the list. When you say Kevin De Bruyne, he’s top on the list, when you say [Frank] Lampard he’s top of the list, Juan Mata for me was top of the list.
“I’m gonna give you one name and John [Obi Mikel] knows the player. The only one I was saying ‘wow’, you know, in France was Gael Kakuta.
“You asked me talent. Kakuta by far number one. Talent. I mean, talent. Wow.
“You know, I play I play against him a lot when because I used to play in Lille and he was playing in Lens. You know, it’s a derby, it’s the north of France.
“So me being me. We used to win every game – five, six zero. Me – best player every game.
“And then every time we play against him, we’re losing the game. He’s the best player.
“This is not normal. I think now it is easy to say but I think he went a bit too early [to] Chelsea.
“He was 16 when he left France for Chelsea, you know? And that step at 16 is a huge step.”
Meanwhile, Eden Hazard has revealed his best time at Chelsea was under Antonio Conte.
Chelsea passed through the hands of experienced managers during his time at Chelsea, including Jose Mourinho, Maurizio Sarri, and Roberto di Matteo, but has named Italian manager Antonio Conte as the one who brought the best out of him.
He added: “My best time at Chelsea was with Antonio Conte. The training was bad all week, so I knew on Saturday I need to do something. I want to enjoy myself a little bit! I knew the day after I’d be back on the training ground! That’s why I was so good!”
