Mourinho was speaking with talkSPORT when he opened up about the Real Madrid star’s footballing ability.
However, the new AS Roma boss was quick to praise Hazard too, saying the Real Madrid winger is an ‘incredible guy’ and perhaps doesn’t seem like he belongs to the current generation of footballers.
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I thought Hazard was going to win Ballon d’Or at Real Madrid: Jose Mourinho
Jose Mourinho, who managed Hazard for a little more than two seasons at Chelsea between 2013 and 2015, thought the Belgian would go on to win the Ballon d’Or at Real Madrid.
However, Hazard has had a couple of injury-ravaged seasons at Real Madrid since joining them in 2019. In 43 appearances for them, he has scored just five goals and provided eight assists.
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