Jose Mourinho has revealed that he once held a conversation with Eden Hazard's father regarding the personality of his son.
In an interview with Gary Neville for The Telegraph, Mourinho said that Hazard's dad confided in him when asking the Portuguese to change him as a footballer while letting him remain the man he already is off the field.
Mourinho said: "I had a conversation with his father. His father told me something that I loved. I don't think it's a problem to tell you.
"He said - 'I have a wonderful son. He is a wonderful father. He is a wonderful husband. I want him to change, because I want him to be a wonderful player. But I don't want him to change a lot. I don't want him to become - and he used the name of two or three players.
"I just want him to be the same husband, the same father, the same son, with a little but more tenacity, mental aggression, ambition, personal ego. A little bit more. And you are the guy to give it to him'.
"We can never transform these fantastic players and men into a competitive animal, a competitive machine. Not even his father wants [that]. We have just to bring him to a different level, working hard in training, which he's doing."
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