Manchester United manager Van Gaal has at least motivated other managers to use their key players on the positions they could be better explored rather on their best fitted spots and this has undoubtedly been his biggest achievement in England career where he empowered club managers to ask star players to play on different positions than where they have until been. Chelsea is the next such side who believe few of its players can better be capitalized if played on unorthodox positions and 24-year-old Belgian forward Eden Hazard is one such player who impressed everyone during Blues Saturday’s win at Norwich. He proved why he used to be called the world’s number one last year and manager Jose Mourinho is now more confident to use him on the left wing. Knowingly, both manager and player have had a discussion over possible position of the Belgian and only after keeping him in confidence, Mourinho reveals he would like to use him on the left wing.
According to latest reports coming out of Chelsea dressing room, Hazard would be seen playing on the flank in upcoming Tuesday’s Champions League game at Maccabi Tel Aviv. This could be Portuguese best bet to revive their hope to last among the top four on the leaderboard and if he fails to achieve anything with this change, he would surely be on the radar for more criticism for his autocratic style of mentoring. Anyways, what second term serving boss said talking about the proposed change is, “I think his best position is the position where last season he was the player of the season. There he can attack defenders more in an individual way. When he gets the ball it’s more about him attacking the right-back and the right-back is always in trouble against a player who has his best quality in a one-against-one.
“When he plays at No. 10 he gets into areas where sometimes he is surrounded by teams with two or three players in the same zone. Many times he receives the ball with his back to the opponents and I know he can turn well but I also know that players can be very aggressive with him and press him from behind and make lots of fouls like he always had.
“He can do both things. Let’s see match after match what we think is the best for him it depends on what we want for the game.”