Chelsea’s outstanding performer last season says he feels guilty for the disastrous title defence and has had Didier Drogba’s support as he hopes to raise his gameThe text message was sent in the aftermath of a parting of the ways,and it was meant as an apology. Eden Hazard had been receiving treatment for that notorious hip injury on the day José Mourinhos moment spell as Chelsea manager was curtailed back in December, the Belgian still absent a few days later as Stamford Bridge’s collective grief gave way to fury aimed at an underachieving team and a board whose patience had snapped. The buzzwords in the stands were “snake” and “rat”, or echoed soundbites of the departed’s heightened paranoia over the last months of his tenure. Hazard was neither of those. Nor was he entirely blameless.
The word is not volunteered,but the suggestion is that text had Hazard admitting he felt ashamed of his own efforts. “I sent him the message to say I was sorry he had gone and … well … just that I was sorry,” says the Belgian. “We’d enjoyed all that success together last season, and but this time round we hadn’t. I felt a cramped bit guilty because I’d been player of the year. I’d been one of the most decisive players,and this year I’d performed less well.
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Source: theguardian.com