On May 12, Hupu News recently conducted an interview with former Real Madrid player Hazard on ESPN. During the interview, he mentioned that the former Real Madrid player has expressed his support for the possibility that Mourinho will return to Los Blancos next season.
Multiple sources confirmed to ESPN that Real Madrid and Arbeloa will no longer be together after the settlement of this season. Mourinho is one of the main candidates for President Florentino to take over as coach. A source revealed to ESPN that there are two other candidates on the list, and he also stated that Real Madrid has started conversations with Benfica's current head coach team about returning to the Bernabeu.
Hazard worked with the Portuguese coach at Chelsea for two and a half years. During an interview with ESPN, he was asked if he was happy to see the Portuguese take charge of the team again. He expressed his support without hesitation: "Let's explore who will become the coach. I know Jose well. For me, he is one of the best coaches in the past 20 years. I would like to see him come to coach the team. I think he will be very suitable for this job, but we still have to see if he is willing."
Hazard added, he said, there is a World Cup that still needs to be played. The length of a season is very long. There are nine months of games. We have to take a look. The reason is that I think there will be new players joining. I can’t wait for the new season to start. It is worth mentioning that Hazard won the Premier League and League Cup in 2015 under the leadership of Mourinho.
When asked what the problem was for Real Madrid this season, which is the second consecutive season without any championship titles, the former striker did not give a specific reason: "I think it is a multi-faceted problem, not just a player matter. We waited until the new coach arrived for about three months and then fired him (note, Xavi – Alonso was actually fired after seven months in the job)… It was a really bad season, as always happens in football. Now we have to bounce back and see what we did wrong this season and improve it in the next season.”
Finally, Hazard mentioned the defeat that led to Barcelona's qualification for the La Liga championship: "I don't know, in the end we were missing a lot of players. Mbappe was not able to play, Valverde also failed to play. I have to admit that Barcelona performed very well, they deserved to win La Liga, and we have to accept this situation, although it is not easy. They deserve to enjoy the vacation to recuperate, work harder when they come back and try to win the La Liga crown next season."