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“I have to have respect for a guy like Carlo Ancelotti. What he represents to football, what he has done in his career, there is no problem,” he added.
Former Belgium captain Eden Hazard has bizarrely opened up on his working relationship with Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti.
Hazard, who has managed only three games so far this season, revealed to Belgian outlet RTBF that he is not on talking terms with the Madrid boss amid his absence from the team.
"There is respect between us,” Hazard said. “But I'm not going to say that we talk to each other, because we don't talk to each other.”
“But there will always be respect. Even if tomorrow, he doesn't make me play anymore.”
“I have to have respect for a guy like Carlo Ancelotti. What he represents to football, what he has done in his career, there is no problem,” he added.
The 32-year-old's last Madrid appearance came in the Spanish Copa del Rey against fourth-tier side CP Cacereno, but he admitted that he wants to 'feel important' and regain confidence on the pitch.
“I miss it. I want to play, and I want to have fun on the field,” Hazard said. “I hope deep inside me that I can bring something and that the coach is still counting on me.”
“I hope to play and to show that I can still do it. But, of course, people have doubts; that's normal, I understand.”
“But for me, I'm still here next year. So you never know, but a transfer is outside my plan,” Hazard mentioned.
Hazard, who joined the Spanish giants in 2019 from Chelsea for an initial 88.3M pounds, retired from international football following the World Cup in Qatar, with his two group-stage appearances marking the final games of his 126-cap career with Belgium.
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