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Eden Hazard Says He’s Not A Special Player Because He Doesn’t Play For A Top Club

Eden Hazard Says He’s Not A Special Player Because He Doesn’t Play For A Top Club

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Macaulay Fletcher

Macaulay Fletcher

Eden Hazard is full of admiration for Gareth Bale.

The Belgian winger is set to face-off against the Real Madrid superstar when they take on Wales in Lille on Friday night in the quarter-finals of Euro 2016.

Hazard has been putting his club woes aside at this summer's finals in France with the Belgian national side.

Eden Hazard
Eden Hazard

After a disastrous 2015/16 campaign with Chelsea - during which we saw a shadow of the player from the previous season - Hazard will now bid to take his country into the last four of a major tournament for the first time in 30 years.

And to do so they'll have to steer past a spirited Welsh side - spearheaded by Madrid forward Bale.

Ahead of Friday's match, BBC Sport Wales have reported some interesting comments from Hazard where he plays down suggestions that he's at the same level as Bale.

gareth bale
gareth bale

The Stamford Bridge midfielder refers to Bale as a "special player" because he plays for "one of the best clubs in the world".

In a statement which is likely to leave Blues fans miffed, Hazard is quoted saying: ""Gareth Bale is a special player, I am not a special player.....He plays for one of the best clubs in the world."

Bale enjoyed another successful season at the Bernabeu as Madrid claimed their 11th European Cup triump - and Bale's second Champions League crown since joining three years ago.

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