After winning the Champions League for the first time, Chelsea reinvested some of the winnings into Hazard, who cost the Blues £32million. But Hazard chose Chelsea, and here Mirror Football looks back at the transfer race, and the reasons why United and Tottenham were rejected. Hazard went on to win two league titles with Chelsea, and was crowned as the Premier League player of the season during the 2014/15 season. Redknapp said: "I lost Eden Hazard, he wanted to come to Tottenham but he said he would only come if we got Champions League football. "We finished fourth that year, Chelsea finished sixth, they won the Champions League and we didn’t make it.

Source: Daily Mirror June 04, 2022 20:55 UTC