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By Jamie Spencer Eden Hazard has admitted that he physically let himself go ahead of his first season at Real Madrid after becoming one of the most expensive players in the club’s history. Having completed a transfer that started at €100m before add-ons, Hazard was criticised for seemingly reporting for pre-season overweight and in a less than stellar physical condition. His justification was that he was used to unwinding each summer and knew that, having signed in early June several weeks before pre-season began, he wouldn’t get another chance for a break. “I said to myself, ‘Now that I’m at …

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