Why was Eden Hazard wearing the no.50 shirt on his Real Madrid debut?

Archie Blade
|PublishedJul 21, 2019

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HOUSTON, TX – JULY 20: Eden Hazard of Real Madrid during the 2019 International Champions Cup match between FC Bayern Munich and Real Madrid at NRG Stadium on July 20, 2019 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Matthew Ashton – AMA/Getty Images)

Why was Eden Hazard wearing the no.50 shirt on his Real Madrid debut in their pre-season game against German Champions Bayern Munich?

Eden Hazard made his dream move to Real Madrid this summer from Chelsea. The Belgian winger was phenomenal for the blues as he helped them to a third-place finish in the Premier league and the Europa cup.

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Real Madrid had a disastrous campaign last season and will be hoping that he will be instrumental in helping the club turn their fortunes around. The club have not announced what number will the winger have on his back yet. They did however, give him free reign on what number he wanted to play with on his debut against Bayern Munich. Hazard then made the unorthodox choice of no.50 on his shirt.

HOUSTON, TX – JULY 20: Eden Hazard of Real Madrid wears a shirt with number 50

Why was Eden Hazard wearing the no.50 shirt on his Real Madrid debut?

The reason for the choice was just as unorthodox. Real Madrid’s newest Galactico apparently wore the no.50 shirt to pay homage to the 50^th anniversary of the first moon landing. Perhaps the Belgian is hoping that his move to the Spanish Capital ends up being just as significant and impactful.

Will Hazard wear the no.50 in the La Liga?

He will however, not be allowed to wear the no.50 on his jersey once the La Liga starts. The La Liga Santander only permits the use of numbers from 1 to 25. New signings Ferland Mendy and Luka Jovic appear to have taken no.23 and no.18 respectively. This means that the only numbers available to Hazard are 13 and 16 at the moment.

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The former Chelsea star originally wanted the number 10 shirt. However, he couldn’t convince the current wearer, Luka Modric, to part ways with the number. Real Madrid wanted to bestow him with the legendary no.7 shirt but Mariano Diaz, in whose possession the shirt lays at the moment, refused to entertain the thought. Eden hazard though, may find himself with a plethora of choices in the coming weeks as Real Madrid are expected to embark on a selling spree.

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Archie Blade

Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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