{"id":292547,"date":"2023-10-30T20:25:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T20:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=292547"},"modified":"2023-10-30T20:25:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T20:25:18","slug":"i-dont-miss-playing-football-eden-hazard-speaks-out-on-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/i-dont-miss-playing-football-eden-hazard-speaks-out-on-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"&apos;I don&apos;t miss playing football&apos;: Eden Hazard speaks out on retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Eden Hazard insists &#8216;I don&#8217;t miss playing football&#8217; after the ex-Chelsea and Real Madrid star announced his retirement in October, claiming that he &#8216;wasn&#8217;t having fun on the pitch&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eden Hazard has claimed that he &#8216;doesn&#8217;t miss playing football&#8217; after retirement<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The former Chelsea and Real Madrid star hung up his boots earlier this year\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eden Hazard has admitted that he &#8216;does not miss playing football&#8217; after hanging up his boots at the start of October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian, who was released by Real Madrid earlier this summer, appeared on the red carpet at the 2023 Ballon d&#8217;Or on Monday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Having also previously admitted that he &#8216;was no longer having fun on the pitch&#8217; the 32-year-old spoke on life after retirement and admitted that he&#8217;d been enjoying time with his family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When asked by TNT Sportsh how he was enjoying life after football, he said:<span>\u00a0&#8216;It\u2019s perfect. It\u2019s perfect. I\u2019m enjoying life and family in the kids.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;I can do what I want and it\u2019s a perfect life.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/19\/77187675-0-image-a-1_1698693970516.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Eden Hazard has admitted that he &#8216;doesn&#8217;t miss playing football&#8217; following his retirement<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/19\/77188139-0-image-a-2_1698694017691.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea star appeared at the 2023 Ballon d&#8217;Or red carpet after having announced that he was hanging up his boots earlier this October<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/19\/77188197-0-image-a-12_1698694200284.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea star was reportedly considering making a move back to the Belgian Pro-League<\/p>\n<p><span>Hazard, had been left without a club after his contract with Madrid was terminated after he had made just 76 appearances for Los Blancos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The former Chelsea star was reportedly considering making a move to the Belgian Pro-League to play alongside his brother at\u00a0RWD Molenbeek.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But ultimately opted to retire from professional football and today said he was not missing stepping out onto the pitch.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When asked whether he still watched football, he said: &#8216;Of course. I have kids. They play football.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I watch it on TV when I can. I do other things also but at the moment I don&#8217;t miss playing football. Let&#8217;s see in a few months.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/19\/77188141-0-image-a-3_1698694022263.jpg\" height=\"448\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>After he was released by Real Madrid in the Summer, he added that he had been enjoying retired life, claiming it was &#8216;perfect&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian international scored 110 goals in 352 games for Chelsea, with his highest finish at the Ballon d&#8217;Or coming in 2015 where he ranked eighth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But speaking after his retirement earlier this October, Hazard explained his decision in more detail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had always said that I would stop as soon as I didn&#8217;t have fun on the pitch anymore. I didn&#8217;t want to go and play somewhere for the money,&#8217; he told L&#8217;Avenir.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was the best solution. I didn&#8217;t enjoy training anymore&#8230; And I wasn&#8217;t playing anymore. The decision was simple.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In life, you can&#8217;t explain everything. I am at peace with myself. I&#8217;m happy. 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