Why did Man UTd lose to Chelsea in the race to sign Aden Hazard?

Manchester United retreated from the 2012 deal to Remarkable Aden Hazard, due to the demands of the agent at the time for “secret” payments, has made clear a report after more than a decade.

Hazard has been the most important summer transmission in Europe for 13 years. The Belgian young man helped fire a night in a French league and a weak cup in 2010/2011 and was ready to take the next step in his career.

Tottenham Hotspur and Novio Reshster Manchester City were among the clubs that follow a danger, as well as Manchester United. Old Trafford, which reaches the end of Sir Alex Ferguson, has agreed to both transfer fees with night and personal terms with the player.

but The Times It revealed that things collapsed when John Pico, who represented Hazard until 2014, demanded that he had requested a million pounds from United, in addition to “several million directly from the owners”, which would have remained from the club’s accounts.

United refused to engage in a “clear breach” of the Premier League regulations and UEFA.

There is no suggestion that Hazard himself was aware of the practices of his agent, who was also delivered from the United Arab Emirates to confront the charges of financial crime in Belgium in a separate case.

But where united He did not care about the dangers, although the club has been keeping it to the tabs for 15 years, Chelsea Ultimately, it closed the transportation, which prompted a lot of their success in the field for the next seven years. Even the Blues managed to heavy investments when the player was sold to real madrid In 2019, up to 146 million euros.

However, the transportation – specifically any arrangements between Chelsea and Pico – is now the subject of a continuous achievement in the Premier League. When Etihad Todd Bohli took control of former owner Roman Abramovich in 2022, they informed the club to the Premier League and UEFA on the alleged irregular payments associated with transfers that were made under the old system.

There are allegations Abramovich paid 6 million pounds to BICO through an external company. Chelsea was also investigated in 2023 for payments for marine companies related to the transportation of Samuel Eto’u, Willian and others at a similar time a decade ago.

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