EXCITING NEWS: TNG WhatsApp Channel is LIVE…
Subscribe for FREE to get LIVE NEWS UPDATE. Click here to subscribe!
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has questioned Real Madrid’s role in Eden Hazard’s difficulties to settle in La Liga.
Hazard secured a dream move to Los Blancos from Chelsea in June last year for a reported fee of €100 million (£90m/$110m).
After questions were raised over the 29-year-old’s fitness in pre-season, Hazard has struggled to perform strongly for Real to date, with a string of injuries not helping his cause.
Currently recovering from a foot injury, the Belgian has one goal and four assists to show from his first 13 appearances for his new club.
Having seen Hazard up close in the Premier League, Guardiola believes the player’s quality can’t be questioned and any dip in form is down to Los Blancos.
“If he’s not playing well, something’s going on at Madrid because he is really good,” Guardiola said on Post United in an interview with YouTuber ‘DjMaRiiO’.
“Not a top player, another level above. What we saw in England… he is world class. But the whole world knows that you need a period of adaptation.”