Roy Keane and Jamie Carragher disagree on Eden Hazard as Chelsea great slammed after retirement

Roy Keane has hit out at Eden Hazard for the way he ended his career, going against the mould of overwhelming positivity after the former Chelsea star announced his retirement on Monday. Hazard, 32, called time on his playing career just months after ending his contract with Real Madrid 12 months early.

It leaves a shadow over the final chapter over Hazard's journey as a professional footballer after his move to Spain proved completely disastrous. Having moved for over £100million — a price which rose to nearly £150million after Madrid's silverware in the past four years — Hazard only managed seven goals and less than 80 games.

Hit by injury and quickly replaced in the side by younger, more dynamic and fitter attackers like Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo, the ex-Lille forward never managed to get back to anywhere near his best at Santiago Bernabeu and went out under the radar and far from the top.

Keane, never one to mince his words, had to sympathy for Hazard despite gracing England for seven years at Stamford Bridge. «No [he didn't achieve what he could have],» he said on Sky Bet's Stick to Football with Gary Neville. «He was a brilliant player at Chelsea, but when he turned up in the condition he did at Real Madrid, it was not a good look.

»He’s a talented boy, but I find it hard when you see the condition he turned up in at Real Madrid. It’s sad to see because he was a talented player, but it just goes to show that when you are a talented player, talent isn’t enough. He just didn’t look like the full package in terms of his mindset when he turned up to Real Madrid. You can’t turn up overweight in your first pre-season at the club."

Hazard was never one to fully comply with modern-day pre-season and physical preparations, often