{"id":1115874,"date":"2019-11-18T16:57:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T16:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1115874"},"modified":"2019-11-18T16:57:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T16:57:24","slug":"eden-hazard-real-madrid-star-was-the-laziest-player-at-chelsea-says-john-obi-mikel","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/eden-hazard-real-madrid-star-was-the-laziest-player-at-chelsea-says-john-obi-mikel\/","title":{"rendered":"Eden Hazard: Real Madrid star was the laziest player at Chelsea, says John Obi Mikel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>John Obi Mikel has described Eden Hazard as the &#8220;laziest&#8221; player he&#8217;s played alongside at Chelsea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pair enjoyed four seasons together at Stamford Bridge before Mikel departed for Chinese Super League outfit Tianjin Teda.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Eden Hazard no hard-worker? Five key things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Hazard scored\u00a0110 goals in 352 appearances for Chelsea, winning both the Premier League and Europa League.<\/li>\n<li>He is widely considered one of Europe&#8217;s most talented players&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/lionel-messi-stats-dribbling-take-ons-europes-top-five-leagues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only Lionel Messi has completed more dribbles<\/a> since Opta records began.<\/li>\n<li>But Jose Mourinho once dropped him for missing a training session.<\/li>\n<li>Hazard previously responded to accusations of laziness:\u00a0&#8220;[I am] not a player who has to train or run a lot, I make decisive actions.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7424664<\/p>\n<p>Hazard joined the Blues from Lille following the west London club&#8217;s Champions League triumph in 2012, reportedly turning down both Manchester clubs.<\/p>\n<p>He would go on to enjoy an illustrious spell with Chelsea, registering 110 goals and creating a further 92 across 352 appearances, before leaving for Real Madrid this summer.<\/p>\n<p>During his time wearing Blue, the Belgian international would six major trophies, including two Premier League titles, as well as being named Chelsea&#8217;s Player of the Season on no fewer than four occasions.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite all of his individual successes and natural talent, Mikel felt when it came to preparing for games Hazard&#8217;s application left a lot to be desired.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chris Smalling: &#039;We Want Him To Stay&#039; Roma Fans Squawka Mini-Doc\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bVBl0hFkq0U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The laziest player I have played alongside is Eden Hazard,&#8221; he told beIN Sports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hazard has an incredible talent, maybe not as good as [Lionel] Messi, but he can do whatever he wants with the ball at his feet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He didn&#8217;t like to train hard. 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