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Hazard is delighted to be back in contention again, having not featured for
Chelsea in the last three months.
Belgium manager Roberto Martinez has said there is a "great possibility"
that Hazard will make his return against Gibraltar on Thursday, live on
Sky Sports, despite not playing a minute of Chelsea's season so far.
Hazard has been on the sidelines since undergoing ankle surgery this summer
after fracturing it on international duty in June and has now opened up
about his long road back in isolation.
"The last three months were not easy," said Hazard, when asked about his
recovery by
Sky Sports News reporter Gary Cotterill. "I was working
a lot, alone. When people were away on holiday I was training alone.
"It's something that's part of the job. Every day you learn, I learned over
the last three months. But now I'm happy, I just want to play football and
I'm just happy to be back on the pitch."
Hazard also shed light on how he acted as something of an agent for his
brother, Kylian, after the younger sibling joined Chelsea's development
squad this week from Hungarian side Ujpest.
Asked if he was happy about another Hazard heading to Stamford Bridge, Eden
said: "Yeah but I think Kylian needed a new challenge.
"He went to Hungary and he told me 'I want to find something new'. I said
come to Chelsea, I will speak to the manager to see if he can do something
and they did, so for him I'm happy."
Eden Hazard warned his brother will not be lining up alongside him in the
Chelsea first team any time soon, though.
"I just want him to play also, but not for the first team because now it's
too early and he's not good enough," said Hazard. "I hope to play with him
one day, why not."
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