The £31.5 million Chelsea transfer mistake Marina Granovskaia can put right in January
Eden Hazard's decision to leave Chelsea for Real Madrid in the summer of 2019 has not
worked out for him as of yet - but the Blues also lost out according to a new study.
BettingOdds.com have analysed the past 10 years of transfer activity from the so-called
Premier League 'big six' and tried to determine whether or not certain players were sold at
the right or wrong time.
Liverpool have performed the best out of the six clubs, selling players for a total of
£505.2 million on an initial player value of £471.9 million - £33million more than
the player's total estimated value.
Arsenal have performed the worse, however, with the likes of Robin van Persie and Alexis
Sanchez going for significantly less than their market values.
The Gunners reportedly missed out on £146.2 million in this respect.
The standout figure for Chelsea, however, comes in the shape of Hazard. The talented
winger was sold to Real Madrid for £100 million in 2019 - but that could have been higher
according to the study.
It states that the Belgian's worth at the time of sale was in fact £135 million, meaning
the Blues sold for £31.5 million less than his value.
The chance to rectify that mistake may be just around the corner, however.
Hazard is out of favour under Carlo Ancelotti at Real Madrid, even admitting that he prefers
other players to the 30-year-old earlier this season.
"The problem [Hazard] has right now is he has a coach who prefers another player," the
Italian said at the end of October.
Rumours have therefore started to circulate that director Marina Granovskaia could offer
the Chelsea icon an escape route, bringing him back to west London in January.
Considering the injury problems suffered by Hazard since his arrival in the Spanish capital,
Los Blancos may well be tempted to cut their losses on the player.