Tottenham’s Dejan Kulusevski names Chelsea legend as his favourite ever player

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Tottenham Hotspur supporters will not be too happy with what Dejan Kulusevski has had to say about one former Chelsea player.

Dejan Kulusevski recently gave his top five Premier League wingers of all time to TNT Sports.

And not only did the 23-year-old rank Eden Hazard as No.1, above the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah, but he also admitted that the Chelsea legend was his favourite player when he was younger.

Hazard recently retired as one of the greatest footballers to have played in the English top flight. During his time at Chelsea, the Belgian scored 85 goals and provided 54 assists in 245 Premier League appearances.

Eden Hazard is Dejan Kulusevski’s favourite ever player

Hazard was a player who Kulusevski idolised growing up and the Sweden international says he has tried to model his game on his.

Giving his top five Premier League wingers of all time, Kulusevski told TNT Sports: “In first, I have to say Eden Hazard. He’s my favourite player since young. He made me happy, he made everybody happy by watching him play because it was just joy.

“It was just freedom, it was just like a child playing football, dribbling, scoring, assisting, having fun and that’s what football is about. Of course, I watched him a lot, so some movements, some turns with the ball, I try to copy him as much as I can, even though I’m much taller and it’s a little more difficult.”

Eden Hazard a top five Premier League winger

Hazard is one of the best wingers the Premier League has ever seen and probably does deserve to be in the top five.

The former Belgium international could do everything. He was the complete wide man.

Hazard could score goals, create them and was obviously an incredible dribbler.

In his final season at Chelsea, the 32-year-old scored 16 goals and provided 15 assists in the top flight, making him one of only four players to have registered 15+ goals and 15+ assists in a single Premier League campaign.

It is no wonder that Kulusevski is such a Hazard fan. But being a Tottenham star, maybe he should keep his admiration for the Chelsea icon to himself!

Kulusevski, then, would have been saddened to see Hazard hang up his boots and at the age of just 32 like most Chelsea supporters.