Chelsea Legend and Real Madrid Flop Eden Hazard says £54m Man City star is easily the best player in the Premier League

Eden Hazard claims £54 million. The Man City star is without a doubt the Premier League’s best player.
Eden Hazard thinks Kevin De Bruyne, a midfielder for Manchester City, is the finest player in the Premier League, hands down.

As the two main stars of Belgium’s “Golden Generation” in the early 2010s, the retired winger and De Bruyne created a stir.

Many expected the Belgians to win trophies in international tournaments because they had produced two exceptional talents and had access to seasoned players like Jan Vertonghen and Vincent Kompany.

Eden Hazard believes that Kevin De Bruyne is the Premier League’s top player.
Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne went on to become superstars at Chelsea and Manchester City, respectively, despite the fact that they were unable to bring home any hardware for Belgium.

From 2015 until 2019, the Belgian duo played concurrently in the Premier League, until Hazard made the decision to join Real Madrid.

Eden Hazard was asked if he is the best player in the Premier League right now after training, playing, and facing Kevin De Bruyne.

Yes, without a doubt. By a wide margin. Regarding the £54 million man (The Telegraph), he stated, “Not even close,” on The Obi One Podcast.

“He observes things that the other players are blind to. That concludes it.

And because of the freedom [Pep] Guardiola grants him, Kevin [De Bruyne] is always free when he has the ball. And for that reason, he is the best because Kevin Free is the greatest player in the world—not just in the Premier League.

Kevin De Bruyne is authorised to do magic.
Eden Hazard brings up an intriguing point regarding how Kevin De Bruyne’s level of freedom under Pep Guardiola enables him to perform at a world-class level.

It has been widely discussed how much Guardiola values his well-defined tactical system and footballing philosophies, yet De Bruyne never appears to be constrained in any way.

The 32-year-old is given permission to take a chance whenever he has the ball, even if it means that City might lose it in the end.

But maybe it’s precisely this freedom that gives Kevin De Bruyne confidence when he tries to make something from nothing.

Risks are a natural element of De Bruyne’s game because he creates in large quantities, and it appears that Guardiola saw this from the start.