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Meunier: Real Madrid president Florentino blames me for Hazard injury problems

Borussia Dortmund defender Thomas Meunier has recalled clashing with Real Madrid president Florentino Perez over Eden Hazard last season.

Meunier, when with PSG, famously injured Hazard in a tackle during a Champions League clash in 2019.

Speaking with RTBF, he recalled a later meeting with Florentino.

"We met, I extended my hand to him and I said: 'Delighted'. He answered me in French: 'Nice to meet you? Do you realise what you did? You hurt Hazard and you tell me delighted'.

"I got p***ed off and said, 'Did I hurt Hazard?' Is it my fault he's hurt?'.

"Florentino told me yes. I told him it was a tackle like any other."

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