Chelsea icon Hazard ‘doesn’t want to look like Peppa Pig’ as he vows to stay fit

EDEN HAZARD believes he can still be something special – after vowing not to end up “like Peppa Pig”!

The Chelsea legend, 33, retired from playing last October after four injury-hit years at Real Madrid.

Eden Hazard wants to turn back the years at Stamford Bridge in JuneCredit: Getty

Hazard has given himself a Pepp talk on how he stays in shape and hopes to be in pink for the Unicef match against an England XICredit: Rex

But after battling weight problems during his pre-season career, Hazard is determined to eradicate such issues in the future.

Above all, the 126-player Belgian is determined to make an impact on the Stamford Bridge pitch once again.

Hazard will line up for Unicef’s World XI on June 9 against an English team led by former Chelsea teammate Frank Lampard.

He has a lot more to smile about than just the piggy bank, having brought home more than £20million a year in profits at Real.

But pride is at stake in the charity match, as is his reputation on the ground where he enjoyed the best seven years of his career.

Hazard said The standard: “I don’t want to look like Peppa Pig!

“I play tennis, padel, run a bit, I play football with my friends and stay active.”

After announcing his departure from the Bernabeu last summer, Hazard was linked with his brother Kylian’s top Belgian team RWD Molenbeek, plus MLS side Vancouver Whitecaps and Saudi Arabian clubs.

Peppa Pig and his friends are the opposite of role models for HazardCredit: Alamy

But he has done the best he can in retiring – and has “no regrets” making such a young decision.

The former Lille hero said of his post-playing days: “I’m enjoying it a lot.

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“I miss my football a bit, especially being with the boys in the dressing room, but I can do what I want now.”

Hazard won LaLiga twice and the Champions League once with Real after joining from Chelsea in 2019 for £100 million.

But he says his time at Stamford Bridge was his “best memory” in football.

He won two Premier League crowns and the FA Cup with the Blues, and was also the country’s doubles player of the year in 2015.