Real Madrid demise: The three mistakes Eden Hazard made that ended his career

It's over, after a failed and awful campaign with Real Madrid, Eden Hazard has retired from football. His time at Real Madrid was marred with injuries, fitness issues and inconsistencies which sadly that forced Carlo Ancelotti to bench the Belgium captain more often than he would like.

Hazard never envisaged in his career that he would go on from been the Premier League's best player to an average bench warming player at the Santiago Bernebau. He would never have believed that Real Madrid will strip him off his confidence, force him to both physical and mental rehabilitation and finally, retire him.

But Real Madrid aren't to blame solely for Hazard's demise, the diminutive playmaker was also at fault for his own pathetic display.

Arriving overweight- Cristiano Ronaldo once said: "Talent without consistent hard work is nothing. If you don't work hard, your talent will go to waste". That statement was a warming to Hazard.

His decision to skip the hard yard and dash to Macdonald's for a quick burger affected him both physically and mentally. His added weight not only affected his explosiveness it turned him to a joke- 'the fat guy' and made Real Madrid fans question his long-term future.

Trying too hard to get back to his best- The added pressure to pay back Real Madrid's massive investment in him took a tool on his form and fitness. Hazard was desperate to trim down his weight and play on a certain spell binding level.

Normally, Hazard relied on his God given talent to play and not through a regimented training manual occasionally handed out by coaches. Coaches always dish out specific instructions on how his players should attack, press or defend against the opposition but when comes to Hazard, he just invents his own game and that wins game.

Players like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mohammed Salah win games with little or no instructions from their respective managers. Hazard used to be in that bracket until Real Madrid happened which crushed him.

Staying too long at Real Madrid- A season or two is all a player needs to know if he is at the right club or not. Eden Hazard saw the warning signs at Real Madrid but ignored them. His persistent injury problems should've alerted him that Real Madrid was not the right club for him and move on.

While he refused to see the signs probably due to the humongous wages, he was collecting weekly ($650.000-a-week), Real Madrid saw the signs and decided he was not worth the money and terminated his contract which forced him to an early retirement.

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