Yaya Toure's curse: What is it, the story behind it and is it true?
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Former Real Madrid star Eden Hazard disclosed how he learned English during his time with Premier League side Chelsea.
The Belgian forward joined the Blues after they won the UEFA Champions League in 2012 from French Ligue 1 side Lille.
The former Belgium national team captain spent seven years in the West London side before joining Real Madrid in 2019.
In a viral video shared on social media, Hazard was on the ObiOne Podcast and confirmed that he learned English from former Nigerian internationals Victor Moses and John Mikel Obi.
Yaya Toure's curse: What is it, the story behind it and is it true?
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Hazard played alongside Mikel Obi for five seasons at Chelsea and had a good relationship with the Super Eagles legend.
"I learnt English by listening to Mikel Obi and Victor Moses," he said.
The former Chelsea star's revelation stirred different reactions from fans on social media platform X.
@segoslavia said:
"Explains why he sounds like a Nigerian šš. He picked the accent too."
@insanespotter said:
"More of this interviews.. This is how you know most footballer have good humors. I see how he got his African accent š. Dude is actually funny.. Itās also looking like Mikel had a strong positive influence in that Chelsea squadā¦. Nice one guys!"
@TaeWap_ said:
"I thought they said Ghanaians speak better English than Nigerians. Why didn't he learn from Michael Essienš. God abeg ooh."
@jstarcity said:
"Heās a likeable guy generally; thatās what everyone says about him. I can see it. Shame he didnāt hit heights; man tore the league apart in those 3 seasons"
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Football@IguadeVB said:
"āAfter a good game, one or two is Niceā He indeed learned English from Mikel and Moses."
@Femi_Derricks said:
"The moment he said āehnā after he was asked if he learned it from them, I knew he truly learned it from them. That āehnā sounds Nigerian."
Sports Brief earlier reported that Hazard has disagreed with Cristiano Ronaldoās comments that the Saudi Pro League is better than the French Ligue 1.
The former Chelsea forward is of the opinion that the Saudi Pro League have big players now, but they do not have big teams, unlike the French league, where they do not have many big players, but they have bigger teams.