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Chelsea's Eden Hazard at centre of sacking storm in Belgium regarding his brother Thorgan
- Posted by SPORT WITNESS on November 6, 2012 at 11:44 in Sport Witness Football
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It's easy to sometimes get the impression Eden Hazard can't do right for doing wrong in Belgium. Much as he's lauded by some football fans in the country he also receives more than his fair share of criticism from sections of supporters, his national team coach and chiefs at the Belgian FA.
The gist of it is usually that Hazard needs to improve his game and pull his weight more. Former coach of the Belgium national team Georges Leekens was a keen critic of the player and the two had a tense relationship. Way back in 2010, when Hazard was just 19 years old, Leekens, then his national manager, accused the player of being lazy and wasting his talent. It's a theme which to a certain extent has continued and the standards Hazard is expected to meet don't appear to be attainable.
The slight on his reputation has stuck and that's led to a new controversy. Thorgan Hazard, 19, was signed up by Chelsea in the summer after the Premier League club had secured his older brother from Lille. Thorgan was immediately sent out on loan to Zulte Waregem. At the weekend he scored a goal against Bruges. It was the only goal of the game and meant a fourth consecutive league defeat for the side. Bruges then sacked their manager and who should that be? None other than Eden Hazard's old foe Georges Leekens.
Hazard then tweeted:
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This translates to 'Little bro is too hotttttttttttttt - thanks'.
The part of the tweet saying thanks has been interpreted by many in Belgium to mean that he's thanking Thorgan for getting Georges Leekens the sack. It's been picked up by the country's Sport Voetbal Magazine amongst others and is gathering pace.
Rightly or wrongly it's not going to improve his relationship with those at the top of Belgian football. At least everyone at Chelsea loves him.
