Hazard(ous) Brothers

Thorgan Hazard 

If it wasn't enough already to have one of the Hazards, Chelsea had to go out and purchase the other Hazard. In recent news, not only has Eden Hazard signed for the English giants, but also his little brother, Thorgan Harzard, has jumped on board. The 19 year old is transferring from the French based club Lens. He only made 14 appearances for the Ligue 2 team. Like his brother, Thorgan is also an attacking midfielder/winger. It seems that he hasn't a lot of playing time, but because he is Eden Hazard's brother and he comes from a very dominant footballing family it seems that he must be able to succeed.

Eden Hazard

Thorgan Hazard IS only 19, so he still has a lot of time to develop. It looks as if the Chelsea first team is full at the moment, so when the transfer has officially been completed, the only reasonable thing Chelsea could do is loan him out. It sounds bad, but he needs the experience. I really do wonder why Chelsea made the move on Thorgan? Maybe, once Thorgan has gotten the experience he needs Chelsea will proudly be able have the cool name "Hazard Brothers" or "The Hazardous Brothers" being echoed through Stamford Bridge Stadium. The only other brother pairs that play for the same team are Kolo and Yaya Toure who play for Manchester City and the the twins Rafael and Fabio who play for Manchester United (but Fabio just recently got loaned out to QPR).

But anyways, for whatever reason Chelsea has for bring Thorgan Hazard to the club, for skills or for just because, once he is able to make it into the first team I'm going to be really excited to watch the two brothers play side by side!

Truths and Rumors

TRUTHS: Chelsea have purchased the young and  upcoming Belgium Eden Hazard who seems to have a bright future in the football industry. He has definitely impressed many of the big clubs that were after him while he was Lille; now will he impress while he's in a big English football club?


Another truth, after the many issues with Eric Abidal, Barcelona have finally made a purchase for a left back. His name is Jordi Alba. If you watched the Euro 2012, you saw that the 23 year old impressed. He may be small but he is FAST. He has the energy and speed to run the pitch. And like I said before he even got a goal in the Euro 2012 final! Like many of the Barcelona players, he is a product from La Maisa so he has the Barca DNA in him. He really began his professional career when he played for Valencia FC and that's where he turned into the talented left full back he is today. Now he's back at his boyhood club and I'm pretty sure he's ready to impress.


Also other truths, Arsenal have made two big purchases, Lukas Podolski a forward who also plays on the wings and a straight up striker Olivier Giroud. Currently the contract issues with Arsenal's star Robin van Persie are unstable.


RUMORS: So the rumors can come true or never happen, but here is what's currently on the market. Chelsea are about to make another big move about 25million pounds for a Brazilian attacking midfield named Oscar. He is supposedly another up and rising star (only 20 years old), and if Chelsea can sign him he can show the footballing world what he has. (Chelsea, because of Roman Abramovich, have a lot of spending power on them).

Another rumor, and it seems like it's going to go through is that Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago from AC Milan are going to be moving to Paris-Saint Germain (PSG). The French club currently have the money and with money comes power. They are spending big this summer as we can see with the targets such as Ibra and Thiago.

Oh, Real Madrid hasn't made any purchases yet, but it seems that their target Luka Modric from Tottenham will be making the moved to the Spanish giants. This move seems inevitable, but nothing has been put and set in stone so until the papers say "REAL MADRID SIGN LUKA MODRIC" this is going to be a rumor. This also makes me think, what is going to happen to Kaka?

AND Newcastle seem to want Andy Carrol back, but Liverpool want a good 20 some million pounds for the guy.

NOW to the coaches. There have been lots of new changes for the next season and they are all truths.


Tito Vilanova has finally begun his run as the first-team head coach for FC Barcelona after Pep Guardiola resigned from his four year reign in La Liga. They are currently training and awaiting for their pre-season to begin. Liverpool has sacked Kenny Dalglish and has been replaced by Brendan Rodgers who was the former Swansea City coach. And in Tottenham news, Harry Redknapp has been sacked and  replaced by (surprisingly) Andres Villas-Boas. Yeah, you didn't think that he'd show up this fast after his minimal time at Chelsea. Speaking of Chelsea, Roman Abramovich made the right move and hired Roberto Di Matteo as the full time head coach.

There is definitely more to come! I wish I had blogged more this summer. But this is actually the third time I've actually turned on my computer this summer. Or is it the second?