Talks ongoing: ex-Dortmund man Hazard set for France move | OneFootball

Thorgan Hazard is well known in the Bundesliga and at BVB. In 2014, he moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach, and from there to Borussia Dortmund in 2019. At the time, he cost around 35 million euros, before leaving BVB again in 2023.

He first went to PSV in Eindhoven, then was loaned to RSC. For Hazard, who began his career in Lens, a return to his old home is now on the cards.

14 years after his move from RC Lens to Chelsea FC, Thorgan Hazard is now on the verge of a return to his boyhood club, according to information from Foot Mercato.

Hazard signs in France

Foot Mercato journalist Sébastien Denis writes that all preparations for Hazard’s return to the club have been completed and that he will travel to northern France in the coming days. The winger became a free agent after the end of the 2025/26 season, when his contract with RSC Anderlecht expired.

Hazard is then expected to become Lens’s second new signing after the club had already completed the signing of Michaël Cuisance (26), who arrived from Hertha BSC as a replacement for departed captain Adrien Thomasson.

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Although Hazard is already nearing the end of his career, he had an outstanding last season at Anderlecht: he made 46 appearances in all competitions, scored 15 goals, and provided 11 assists.

Over the course of his career, Thorgan Hazard made a total of 123 appearances for BVB. He scored 18 goals and also set up 23 more. In Dortmund, he was always dogged by the accusation that he was a somewhat inconsistent player who too rarely showed his full potential on the pitch. On top of that, he struggled here and there with minor injuries that affected his rhythm.

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