Four years ago, Eden Hazard was flying high.
Expectations in Spain were high, especially as Hazard arrived one year after Cristiano Ronaldo's departure to Juventus and at a time when Gareth Bale was out of favour with Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane.
They were very big shoes to fill, but 110 goals and 75 assists for Chelsea had demonstrated Hazard's ability to consistently excite and exhilarate at the highest level. Aged 28, he was theoretically in his prime, and the move to Madrid was supposed to signal a glorious conclusion to his career, filled with goals, assists and trophies.