Chelsea legend Eden Hazard has had the opportunity to swap shirts with some great players in his career.
Playing for Chelsea, Real Madrid, Lille and Belgium, the former winger has gone up against some exceptional footballers.
Considering that, Blues supporters will be very surprised to hear which shirt swap he enjoyed the most.
Hazard’s jersey had its own value, with the Belgian being a fantastic player himself. He finished his career at Stamford Bridge with 110 goals in 352 appearances.
Belgium trio Eden Hazard, Marouane Fellaini and Christian Benteke
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Eden Hazard’s favourite shirt swap was with Marouane Fellaini and Christian Benteke
Marouane Fellaini and Christian Benteke were not the best footballers that Hazard went up against during his playing days.
However, having been close friends with his two Belgium teammates, the 34-year-old has revealed that his favourite shirt swap was with those two players.
At club level, John Terry was another one of Hazard’s teammates, and the retired defender recently spoke about him.
Terry shared that he knew Hazard was going to be incredible after watching the Belgian train for the first time.
At Chelsea, that certainly did prove to be the case, with his stats and the number of trophies he won in west London showing that. Unfortunately, things did not quite work out for him at Real Madrid, partly because of injuries.
Chelsea winger Eden Hazard takes off shirt
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When Jose Mourinho considered signing Christian Benteke at Chelsea
Hazard and Benteke could have actually become teammates at club level. In 2013, The Telegraph reported that Chelsea and Jose Mourinho thought about bringing Benteke to west London.
That never happened, though, and the striker eventually signed for one of Chelsea’s fiercest rivals Liverpool.
Today, Liam Delap and Joao Pedro are leading the line for the Blues, who could make changes to their forward options next year.
Emanuel Emegha is set to arrive from Strasbourg, while The Chelsea Chronicle understands that Chelsea have Julian Alvarez on their radar. The Argentine scored 29 goals in 57 appearances for Atletico Madrid last season and is already on nine this term.