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Chelsea ace Hazard: Mourinho my big regret; I want to work with him again

Chelsea ace Eden Hazard has declared he wants to work again with Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho.

Hazard admits the manner of Mourinho's dismissal at Chelsea in 2015 is a major career regret.

"The last season under Mourinho was not pleasant," he told HLN. "We didn't win, we got into a sort of routine, training-training without having fun, it was better for all parties that the collaboration came to an end.

"I do not regret many things in my career, but that I have not been able to work with Mourinho at Chelsea anymore (is one). We had a team to get a lot of prizes, but we just ended up in a negative spiral.

"If the results are poor, he starts criticising his players – you know that, but afterwards I've been able to accept that, it's part of his character.

"If you win, Mourinho is the best coach you can imagine. Then he is a friend of yours – you can do whatever you want. Want one day off? He gives you two. If everything goes well, Mourinho will experience football like me: with ease. Even his own image of an extremely defensive coach was not too bad. He is far from adventurous like (Pep) Guardiola, but the year in which we became champions, we scored a lot of goals and played good games.

"If I'm now asked one coach with whom I want to work again, then I say: Mourinho."

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