5 forgotten football stars who are back in form this season

2) Eden Hazard

You just knew his name just had to pop up in this sort of list. Eden Hazard began the 2015/16 campaign as the PFA player of the year and ended it with 4 goals in the Premier League.

In fact, he did not score a single goal until the 23^rd of March 2016 when he scored a brace against Bournemouth as Chelsea endured their worst season since the Roman Abramovich era began.

8 months later and Chelsea are flying. They currently sit 2^nd in the table and are ripping up Premier League defenses with some scintillating football. Antonio Conte has transformed the mentality of this team and have made them absolutely brilliant going forward and in defense.

Hazard’s new role in the team has a lot to do with that as well. The Blues had a decent start to the new season but you felt they still weren’t the finished article. Their weaknesses were exposed when they were hammered by Arsenal 3-0 in a game that was the turning point.

Since then Chelsea have not conceded in 450 minutes of football scoring 16 goals in the process. Hazard is back to his world class best scoring 7 goals and grabbing two assists as well. Conte’s men are suddenly the league favorites after it looked like they would endure another transitory year.