Mohamed Salah (right) speaks to former Chelsea
teammate Eden Hazard. The pair are set to be reunited in the Champions League
quarter-finals.
Mohamed
Salah admits he remains aware of Eden Hazard’s talents as Liverpool prepare to
do battle in the Champions League.
With a
place in the semi-finals at stake, Liverpool and Salah are set to
meet Spanish giants Real Madrid – where the Belgian
captain Hazard has endured a difficult time.null
Indeed,
the 30-year-old has only scored three La Liga goals, in 20 starts, since completing
a high-profile £89million move to the Spanish capital in 2019.
Injuries
and a lack of form have been a constant issue for Hazard at Real, with the
former Stamford Bridge favourite even hinting at a
possible Chelsea return one day
For now,
though, Hazard’s focus remains on helping the La Liga giants gun down Liverpool
in a crunch repeat of 2018 final which saw Salah stretchered off following an
infamous tangle with Sergio Ramos.
Salah and
Hazard were Chelsea teammates for 18 months between 2014 and 2016, before the
Egyptian forward, was moved on to Roma for £12million.
“I can’t
pick one [main danger], the majority of them are great players. Hazard. I have
a great relationship with him, he did very well at Chelsea, but he’s not
getting any luck at the moment.”
Amid
suggestions that Salah could be targeted by Real and La Liga rivals Barcelona
this summer, former teammate Hazard has, previously, dropped a tantalizing hint
about his own future.
Indeed,
shortly after completing his big-money move to the 13-time Champions League
winners, the Belgian said: “I do my job here and then I come back. When I
finish here I’ll come back.
Speaking
more recently about his Madrid future, Hazard told on the Front Foot:
“I’m just hoping to play football for as long as possible, and I always try to
enjoy myself on the pitch.
“When it
comes to the end of my career, I can maybe look back at my achievements, but my
priority now is playing well and enjoying my football.
“I don’t
think about where I will be in the next few years, I try to focus on the next
match. I’ve only just turned 30 so, as long as my body feels good, hopefully, I
can keep playing for at least another five or six years
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