Eden Hazard has opened up on his time after leaving Chelsea and revealed what went wrong in the summer before he joined Real Madrid.
"With Chelsea, I'd just finished one of the best seasons of my career. I said to myself, 'now that I'm at Real Madrid, this is perhaps the last vacation I'll be able to take.'
"I let go of myself like I let go of myself every summer. Seven years in England, without a break at Christmas, giving everything, so when I have three or four weeks of vacation, don't bother me, barbecues, rose wine and all that.
"That's what allowed me to reset myself to start again. Then, Real, it went wrong and that's it. They say I was a slacker. But I haven't spent 16 years as a professional without training.
"It's true that some mornings I arrived without sleeping well, not feeling like it, no desire, and when it's like that I show it.
"Don't give me the ball. I'm making a square metre and I'm not moving. I don't move."
On his weight, Hazard added: "I wasn't watching what I ate but I didn't go for a burger every day either. You can't do that for 16 years. I didn't think it was important.
"I'm a hedonist, I like to eat and drink with my friends. Dieting is bull***t, it doesn't work. If you want to play until you're 40, then okay, but I knew I wouldn't be like that. I always have some champagne in my fridge."
