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Football's greatest individual award - the Ballon d'Or will be handed out to the best male and female footballers for the calendar year on December 2, 2019, which is just a week away. Speculations about who might wind abound, with Real Madrid's Eden Hazard being one of the most recent players to cheap in their opinion on who the winner of the coveted award should be. He told Le Parisien, " I would give it to a Liverpool player. "Mané, Salah or Van Djik deserve it. If Sadio had won AFCON with Senegal, there would have been no debate. It would be beautiful if he won it. Or Momo (Salah), who is one of my friends. It would be a good thing for both African and English football," he continued. The five top contenders for the award according to public opinion are Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.

Barcelona talisman Lionel and Juventus ace Cristiano Ronaldo lead a list of 10 nominees for the prestigious The Best FIFA Men's Player award. Last year's winner, FIFA World Cup hero Luka Modric, was not among the nominees. The other eight contenders include: Liverpool trio - Mohammed Salah, Sadio Mane and Virgil van Dijk; former Ajax duo Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt; Tottenham striker Harry Kane, former Chelsea superstar Eden Hazard; and PSG wonderkid Kylian Mbappe. Kylian Mbappe finished fourth in last year's vote. This year, he became the first player to win Ligue 1's Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards in the same season. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo count La Liga and Serie A among their achievements over the course of the last year. Eden Hazard won the UEFA Europa League with Chelsea before leaving for real Madrid this summer. The voting of The Best FIFA Men's Player takes into consideration all the players' achievem...

Former Chelsea star and new Real Madrid ace Eden Hazard has gained a little weight after securing his dream move to Real Madrid, but Real Madrid fans are unhappy about his current physical state. A bigger than usual Hazard was photographed arriving at Madrid's training ground. Chelsea fans have been mocking at his looks, and Real Madrid fans, their displeasure. Both camps took to social media to share their thoughts. "Pretty sure he's [Gonzalo] Higuain," said a Chelsea fan. "Needs to lose that weight..." another replied. "Fatzard," joked a supporter. "Typical Eden returning with that fat off season belly," added another. A displeased Real Madrid fan tweeted, "We really paid 100 mill for a fat Hazard". However, Hazard will be able to get back in shape as he begins training with Real Madrid ahead of the upcoming La Liga campaign. The Real Madrid Galactico was unveiled in June, and made it clear he was in Spa...

In assessing Eden Hazard's performance for Chelsea in their 2-1 victory at Watford, Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri brought up Barcelona ace Lionel Messi. Hazard crossed a century of Chelsea goals in the Blue's triumph at Watford, being the lone goalscorer for Chelsea in the game. The 27-year-old forward is looked upon as a talisman in Chelsea, and has been directly involved in 19 Premier league goals in 18 games this season, the most for any player in the league. Given Hazard's crucial importance to Chelsea, Sarri qualifies Hazard's importance to that of Messi and Ronaldo to their respective teams. "He is very important for us. Messi is very important for Barcelona," said Sarri. "Hazard scored twice today. He is very able to open space for his team-mates." "Maybe we played with quality against Leicester, but today we had much better application for the 90 minutes," he added. Still talking of Hazard, he said, "It is difficu...

Belgium national team manager Roberto Martinez recently claimed Chelsea star Eden Hazard is the most decisive player in the world after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The talismanic Stamford Bridge figure starred for Chelsea and Belgium in 2018, positioning himself at the top of the Premier League ranks. Martinez told  The Times ,  “At international level, I have only seen a player playing at the very top consistently. “If you take Ronaldo and Messi away, I don’t think you can find another player as decisive.  “Eden has won the league at Lille, a team that didn’t have the right to win it. “And he has won the league at Chelsea in two different projects.  “The consistency is there, and he is at the best moment of his career right now.” Hazard has scored eight goals and made nine assists for Chelsea this season. Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson believes Hazard is much more able than his peers at Manchester United, given his ability to single-handedl...

The highly speculated transfer of Eden Hazard to Real Madrid takes a dramatic twist as Chelsea have placed a £200million tag on Hazard. Real is willing to pay £150million for the Belgian ace but Chelsea want more than Neymar's world record £198million that Paris Saint-Germain paid Barcelona for the Brazilian forward. Following the turn of events, Real are reportedly ready to cool off their interest in Hazard. Hazard has two years left on his contract with Chelsea but hasn't renewed with the club despite Chelsea offering him a £300,000/week deal. The Blues boss Maurizio Sarri is ready to hand Hazard captaincy of the team to keep him happy. Hazard had hinted at the 2018 World Cup finals that he was ready to move to his dream club Real Madrid if he were made an offer.  Jose Mourinho has shown great interest in Chelsea's Willian while  Real Madrid pursue their hunt for Chelsea goalkeeper Courtois. New Chelsea boss Sarri is doing his best to retai...

Sunday July 15 marked the end of 32 days of the world's biggest football celebration. France was crowned World champion after beating Croatia 4-2. The FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG) met to decide the distribution of the FIFA 2018 awards prior to France lifting the much coveted trophy. Adidas Golden Ball: Luka Modric  adidas Golden Ball Award: 🥇Luka MODRIC ( #CRO ) 🥈Eden HAZARD ( #BEL ) 🥉Antoine GRIEZMANN ( #FRA ) #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/KQSRiwUznh — FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) July 15, 2018 The Golden Ball, introduced in 1982, is arguably the most prestigious accolade of the tournament. Real Madrid and Croatia's superstar midfielder and captain, the most complete and consistent player of the tournament, served as the heart and soul of the Croatian team, tirelessly leading Croatia to its first World Cup final. Modric kept Croatia afloat in the first half of the semifinal game where they struggled against England. This supremely gifted No 10's t...

Eden Hazard and his team - Belgium - couldn't be happier. They beat England 2-0 on Saturday to finish third at World Cup. After the game, Hazard gave reporters hints he could be leaving Chelsea for Real Madrid. The Chelsea forward told Belgian outlet HLN  “After six wonderful years at Chelsea it might be time to discover something different.” “Certainly after this World Cup. I can decide if I want to stay or go, but Chelsea will make the final decision - if they want to let me go. You know my preferred destination.” Hazard has always been a Real Madrid admirer, and Los Blancos are on a hunt for Cristiano Ronaldo's replacement. Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois isn't ruling out a transfer to Real Madrid either as he said:  “Wherever I go, Hazard must come along. We will not let each other go. We'll see. Now first vacation. And agree with my entourage in between.” The 26-year-old also alluded to the possibility of staying at Chelsea once he speaks with the n...