Belgium were given a shock of their lives in Qatar, as the Red Devils exited the tournament in the group stage.
The Belgians got four points in their group, but it wasn’t enough to progress, as their display was uncharacteristically poor.
Eden Hazard had a poor tournament, and the Real Madrid star was said to be involved in a bust-up that saw Jan Vertonghen, Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne engaged in ‘violent altercations’ and had to be pulled apart by Romelu Lukaku.
A fresh report from The Athletic claims that this disagreement was ‘a little less explosive than portrayed’ but ‘there was at least a frank exchange’.
Hazard was dropped to the bench for Belgium’s final game against Croatia, but they could only get a goalless draw in a game they needed to win.
A Belgian source had claimed that Belgium coach Roberto Martinez was “gutless” not to drop Hazard sooner, and that Belgium’s players believed that Jeremy Doku or Leandro Trossard deserved to start over the ‘fading’ Real Madrid star.
Is this now the end of Eden Hazard?