Hazard snubbed £50m from Saudi before retirement, reveals Obi Mikel

Eden Hazard has snubbed a multi million deal from Saudi Arabia before his retirement last month, claims John Obi Mikel.

The Belgian announce his withdrawal from professional football after being released from Real Madrid following 4 difficult seasons, plagued by injuries.

Hazard had numerous offers to return to the Premier League and former teammate Mikel even stated that there was an elusive deal waiting in the corner for him to the Middle East.

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‘Hazard asked, “Should I go to Saudi Arabia, where I’m going to take a million a week and then what?”‘ Mikel said. ‘”I got about two or three offers to go to Saudi Arabia”.

However, Hazard eventually decided to call it a day on his career and not join the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Sadio Mane, Jordan Henderson etc.