{"id":294238,"date":"2023-10-10T17:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=294238"},"modified":"2023-10-10T17:38:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:38:02","slug":"loic-remy-recalls-the-time-eden-hazard-dubbed-himself-the-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/loic-remy-recalls-the-time-eden-hazard-dubbed-himself-the-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Loic Remy recalls the time Eden Hazard dubbed himself &apos;the boss&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Eden Hazard called himself &#8216;the boss&#8217; at Chelsea, claims Loic Remy, as former striker opens up on relationship with Belgian superstar at Stamford Bridge<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Loic Remy reveals Eden Hazard once referred to himself as &#8216;the boss&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Remy spent three years at Stamford Bridge before he was sold to Las Palmas<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Chelsea striker Loic Remy once reveals\u00a0Eden Hazard\u00a0once described himself as &#8216;the boss&#8217; on the forward&#8217;s first day of training at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Remy, who announced his retirement from football at the age of 36, amazingly claims that the winger arrived to training with his laces undone &#8211; much to the Frenchman&#8217;s shock.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old was familiar with Hazard, playing against the winger when he was in France with Marseille and Nice.<\/p>\n<p>When the forward was signed by Jose Mourinho in 2014, he was quick to impress from the off, but was left stunned by Hazard&#8217;s mentality in training.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to GOAL\u00a0back in 2020, Remy said: &#8216;I knew Eden before I signed for Chelsea. &#8216;I used to play against him when I was at Marseille and Nice, and he was at Lille.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/15\/76383301-12615057-image-a-22_1696948606922.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Loic Remy (left)\u00a0 reveals Eden hazard (right) once referred to himself as &#8216;the boss&#8217; at training<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/15\/76383303-12615057-image-a-23_1696948652175.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old, who has recently retired, was left amazed by Hazard&#8217;s work ethic in training<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So, in my first session at Chelsea, he arrived on to the training pitch with his laces undone and welcomed me. I asked him: &#8216;Are you really going to train like this?&#8217; He said: &#8216;Yes, no problem&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I felt like going into a Chelsea training session that the intensity would be very high because it is such a big club and I put pressure on myself to perform at 100 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So, when I looked at Eden&#8230; He didn&#8217;t defend well in the session either, he gave away the ball and, at the end of training, I asked: &#8216;You train like this?&#8217; He was like: &#8216;Don&#8217;t worry, I am the boss&#8217;. But not in an arrogant way, as he can be casual when he speaks.<\/p>\n<p>Remy was handed his debut against Swansea in September 2014. The Frenchman came off the bench in the second half and scored to make it 4-1.<\/p>\n<p>There is no better feeling in football than to score on your debut for your new club. Remy was quick to praise the work of Hazard in the build-up to the fourth goal.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman spoke about his first game for Mourinho&#8217;s side and what Hazard said to him after the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Then, along comes the first game for Chelsea and I am on the bench against Swansea City (September 2014).<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Diego Costa scored a hat-trick, so Jose Mourinho brings me on and I scored a debut goal, but only after Eden danced around the box with the ball before giving to Oscar to set it up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/15\/76383297-12615057-image-a-24_1696948716441.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Remy spent three years at Stamford Bridge before he was sold to La Palmas in 2017<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/10\/15\/76382939-12615057-image-a-25_1696948733142.jpg\" height=\"395\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>As for Hazard, the 32-year-old has recent announced his retirement from the sport\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was so happy in the dressing room afterwards. Then, Eden came up to me and said: &#8216;Now you see who is the boss!&#8217; And he was the boss in his own eyes because he made everything look easy. He is such a genius of a player. &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>Remy would go on to spend three years at Stamford Bridge before he was sold to Las Palmas in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As for Hazard, the tricky winger left the Blues in 2019 for Real Madrid after a successful seven year stint in south west London.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old recently confirmed his decision to retire from football, via a post on social media.<\/p>\n<p>He has been without a club since he was released by Spanish giants Real Madrid in the summer, having made just 76 appearances for the club.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12615057\/Chelsea-Loic-Remy-Eden-Hazard-Stamford-Bridge.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eden Hazard called himself &#8216;the boss&#8217; 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