"It has been almost three years since he stopped playing, and the silence since his retirement at 32 has been notable. After an injury-hit spell at Real Madrid brought a premature end to a dazzling career, Hazard did not seek the spotlight. Surrounded by vineyards rather than defenders, slumped in an armchair, he seems entirely at peace, remarkably comfortable with his life after football."
"My life is simple: I stay home and enjoy the simple things with my wife, kids, and brothers. When you play, you travel constantly, but when you stop, you finally have time for them without the stress. He still lives in Madrid, a choice made not for football, but for the family, the kids, the weather, and the food. He jokes about his new reality. I never trained at 10am! I just played on Saturday and that was it, he says with a smile."
Eden Hazard ended his playing career following injury problems at Real Madrid and has spent nearly three years away from the spotlight. He spends time in the Lecce countryside yet maintains a home in Madrid for family reasons, focusing on his wife, children and brothers. Hazard describes a slow-paced, simple life where parenting and everyday routines replace training and constant travel. He accepts the contrast between his previous frenetic football career and his current domestic life, noting the need to enjoy life beyond the game and reflecting on differences between the Premier League and La Liga.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]