Last summer saw the long-awaited Premier League arrival of Eden Hazard. The Belgium international, touted as a future star of world football ever since his debut season for former club Lille in 2007, was on the wanted list of just about every major European club following an exceptional campaign in the French top flight, but opted to sign for Chelsea due to their Champions League triumph over Bayern Munich in the 2012 final, as well as some advice from former Blues star Joe Cole, loaned to Lille from Liverpool at the time.
