Ex-Chelsea man Rob Green reveals Eden Hazard turned down Bayern Munich in favour of Real Madrid transfer because of his brother, Thorgan
Eden Hazard rejected the chance to join Bayern Munich before signing for Real Madrid last summer, according to his former teammate Rob Green.
The Belgian attacker made a mega money switch to the Bernabeu earlier this year after winning one last trophy, the Europa League, for the Blues under Maurizio Sarri.
Green, who previously discussed his confrontations with Sarri last season, told the “Eden was one of the strongest characters in the dressing room and certainly the best player.
“I remember the 4-1 win over Cardiff early on [September 2018]. We had ten players playing Sarri-ball and Eden doing whatever he wanted.
“He scored a hat-trick and was named man of the match. Sarri praised him as one of the best in the world afterwards. But he’d done nothing he was told to do.
“I was with Hilario [Chelsea’s goalkeeping coach] behind the dugout laughing. You can come up with your rigid plans but if you have a guy who is that good, just get him the ball, like for the West Ham goal in April where he ran through them.”
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By the end of the season it was already well known Hazard would be leaving Stamford Bridge, with Real Madrid widely assumed to be his destination.
However, there were other options for Chelsea’s star man, including Bayern Munich.
“Eden ruled it out,” Green explained.
“He was like ‘I’m not going there because my brother Thorgan is playing in Germany. It would turn into Eden Hazard and his brother’.
“He was basically saying that his brother can be known as Thorgan Hazard there rather than only be referred to as Eden Hazard’s brother.
“That could come across as a touch of arrogance but it was actually a magnanimous thing to do.”