EPL: Hazard Leaves Chelsea, ‘The Blues’ Confirm Move

English Premier League (EPL) side, Chelsea Football Club, on Sunday, announced that it has agreed on terms with Belgian club side, Cercle Bruges, for the permanent transfer of Kylian Hazard, the younger brother of Blues forward Eden.

The 23-year-old Belgian joined The Blues from Hungarian side Ujpest in the summer of 2017, making 11 appearances for our development squad last season, including a goalscoring debut against Swansea City.

A statement on Chelsea official website says: “Hazard has spent the current campaign on loan in his homeland’s top flight with Cercle Bruges, scoring four goals in 21 appearances in all competitions, and will make the move permanent when the summer transfer window opens”.

The club went further to thank the young Hazard for his services to the West London club and wished him well for the next chapter of his career Cercle Bruges.

“We thank Kylian for his service to the club and wish him the best of luck for the next chapter of his career,” Source : NaijaNews

Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club in Fulham, London, England, that competes in the Premier League, the highest tier of English football. The club has won six top division titles, eight FA Cups, five League Cups, four FA Community Shields, two UEFA Cup Winners’ Cups, one UEFA Champions League, one UEFA Europa League, and one UEFA Super Cup.^[4][5][6]

Founded in 1905, the club’s home ground since then has been Stamford Bridge.^[7] Chelsea won its only First Division title in 1955, but saw limited success in various cup competitions until 2003, when the club was purchased by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.^[8] Chelsea then saw heavy investment, and have since won 18 honours under Abramovich, second in that time only to Manchester United.^[9][10]