Eden Hazard's touching reason for rejecting Bayern Munich move | OneFootball

What a good brother Eden Hazard is.

It has emerged that his eagerness to see his brother Thorgan shine in the Bundesliga outside of his shadow was a big reason for refusing to entertain a move to Bayern Munich.

The German champions were one of several clubs who registered an interest when it was clear that the Belgian would be departing Chelsea.

But, according to former Blues goalkeeper Rob Green, Hazard didn’t want to join a league where sibling rivalry would become a theme.

Despite Thorgan getting a big move of his own during the summer in swapping Borussia Mönchengladbach for Borussia Dortmund, Eden opted instead for Real Madrid.

“Eden ruled [joining Bayern Munich] out,” Green told The Athletic.

“He was like ‘I’m not going there because my brother Thorgan plays in Germany so it would turn into Eden Hazard and his brother’.

“He was basically saying that his brother can be known as Thorgan Hazard there rather than only be referred to as Eden’s brother.

“That could come across as a touch of arrogance but it was actually a really magnanimous thing to do.”

We couldn’t agree more. A nice touch from the elder brother.