Eden Hazard has made a swift return to Real Madrid’s physio table after picking up a muscle injury 15 minutes into his substitute appearance against Elche.
The Belgian has been dogged by seven major injuries since making an £88 million move from Chelsea in 2019 and his latest setback will keep him out of Madrid’s crucial last-16 second-leg against Atalanta in the Champions League this week.
Real Madrid confirmed the 30-year-old suffered a psoas muscle injury against Elche – his first game since January.
Hazard has missed 48 of 84 matches in his Real Madrid career and he will now take that tally beyond half a century with his latest setback set to keep him sidelined for up to six weeks.
He missed the open training session on Monday before the club confirmed Hazard had picked up a fresh injury in the 2-1 win over Elche.
Hazard was earmarked as the man to fill the void at the Bernabeu following Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure for Juventus in the summer of 2019, but the Belgian has looked a shadow of the player that delighted in the Premier League.
The attacker has missed 17 LaLiga games alone this season and he is yet to play a full 90 minutes in 2020-21.
Hazard has not played a full game since November 2019.
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