Consequently, what happened? Having been without a club since leaving Real Madrid as a free agent in the summer, the former Belgium international opted to hang up his boots at the age of thirty-two. But Nolan has left the door open for a possible opportunity at the London Stadium and thinks Hazard might be tempted to do a U-turn in the upcoming months.
WHAT THEY SAID: “I’d have Chelsea’s Hazard at West Ham, yeah,” the first-team coach of West Ham stated on talkSPORT Drive. “I mean, I would be happy to come and give it a try if he so desired. Regarding the gaffer [David Moyes], I am not familiar. But I’d definitely like to give him a try! He’s played in some of the Premier League’s greatest seasons and scored some of its greatest goals. To be honest, I think it’s unfortunate that at 32, he’s decided to retire because I think a player with his caliber of play could continue to compete at the highest level for many more years.In the next six months to a year, I wouldn’t be shocked if we saw a slight reversal on that.”
LARGER PICTURE: When host Andy Goldstein probed Nolan further about if West Ham was attempting to sign both Hazard and Harry Maguire, the defender for Manchester United, he smiled and said, “I just think that at 32, he’s just put out that he’s retired.” I can still clearly recall how many times [Paul] Scholes did that.
“Then Sir Alex Ferguson called him, and he said, ‘Oh yeah, I will come back.'” I simply believe that Hazard might experience something similar since someone will undoubtedly be open to offering him the chance to “come on, come in and play for us for six months.”
Next? It would be an incredible comeback for Hazard, who spent seven years at Chelsea winning two Premier League crowns, two Europa Leagues, and the FA Cup, if he were to return to the Premier League.
