Arsenal have apparently met with Eden Hazard’s representatives to discuss a possible loan deal with an option to buy.

Real's Eden Hazard pictured during a soccer game between French club Paris Saint-Germain and Spanish club Real Madrid, Tuesday 15 February 2022 in Paris, in the round of sisteen (1/8 final) of the UEFA Champions League. (Photo by BRUNO FAHY/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)
Real’s Eden Hazard pictured during a soccer game between French club Paris Saint-Germain and Spanish club Real Madrid, Tuesday 15 February 2022 in Paris, in the round of sisteen (1/8 final) of the UEFA Champions League. (Photo by BRUNO FAHY/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

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According to a report from France, Arsenal have met with Eden Hazard’s reps to sound the player out on the possibility of a loan move with an option to buy.

The 31-year-old, who still has a contract with Real Madrid until 2024, has played just 877 minutes this season, scoring one and assisting two.

Currently sidelined with a fissure of the fibula, Hazard has made the Real Madrid starting lineup in La Liga just seven times this season.

A giant of a player when he was at Chelsea, it’s safe to say his move to Spain has not lived up to the hype generated by his £103.5m transfer there in 2019.

Real's Eden Hazard pictured after a soccer game between French club Paris Saint-Germain and Spanish club Real Madrid, Tuesday 15 February 2022 in Paris, in the round of sisteen (1/8 final) of the UEFA Champions League.  (Photo by BRUNO FAHY/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)
Real’s Eden Hazard pictured after a soccer game between French club Paris Saint-Germain and Spanish club Real Madrid, Tuesday 15 February 2022 in Paris, in the round of sisteen (1/8 final) of the UEFA Champions League. (Photo by BRUNO FAHY/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Scoring 110, with 92 assists, in 352 games (a goal or assist every 1.7 games), Hazard has just six goals (and 10 assists) in 65 appearances for Real Madrid (a goal or assist every 4 games).

He is currently valued at around £14m and reportedly has no intention of leaving Real Madrid.

February 2021

Eden Hazard admits he really liked Arsenal

Eden Hazard may have spent seven years with Chelsea, but he grew up watching Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal on TV.

Eden Hazard runs past Kelechi Nwakali (Photo via FCNaija.com)
Eden Hazard runs past Kelechi Nwakali (Photo via FCNaija.com)

Winning a number of trophies with Chelsea, many supporters at Stamford Bridge consider Eden Hazard a legend for the club. However, Hazard revealed in a recent interview with On The Front Foot that the team he usually watched as a child was Arsenal.

“The players I looked at the most were Zidane and Henry, and it is difficult for me to admit that because of my relationship with Chelsea, but I really liked Arsenal at that time,” Hazard said.

“They had players like Pires, Wiltord, and Vieira, the players I saw growing up.”

It’s not exactly surprising to hear that a player born in the 1990s grew up watching Arsenal. Between the ages of seven and 14, Hazard would’ve watched the side win the league three times and the FA Cup four times.

Not only that, but he would’ve seen them playing some quite incredible football, capped off with the ‘invincibles’ season.

As we know, Arsenal did try to sign Hazard when he was at Lille. In 2011, the Ligue 1 club wouldn’t let the winger go and sold Arsene Wenger Gervinho instead. A year later, Chelsea swooped in and signed the Belgian international.

Now playing for Real Madrid, things aren’t working out so well for Hazard. Injuries have hit him hard and he’s only scored four goals since his move in July 2019. He’s currently sidelined for up to six weeks with a thigh problem.