Belgian winger Eden Hazard has been dubbed the "laziest" teammate in the history of the Chelsea icon John Mikel Obi's playing career.

According to Mikel Obi, who shared a dressing room with Eden Hazard at Chelsea, he was a unique player from the rest of the team.

He added that while everyone on the Chelsea team would be giving it their utmost to win over the coaches and earn a spot in the starting lineup, Eden Hazard would be lazing around on the sidelines.

Mikel Obi reckons Eden Hazard got away with that attitude because he always delivered during matches. He also gave an insight into training sessions at Chelsea during his time, laying emphasis on the competitiveness in the team.

“I never knew how training meant to guys until I joined Chelsea. The way they play games is how they train. There is tackles flying and fights because everybody wants to be in the starting team come the weekend so there is no place for you to say I don’t want to train.

“The only player I saw did that and got away with it was Eden Hazard. He never trained. He is the laziest football I’ve ever seen in my life but come the weekend, he will just get into the squad and win man of the match. He comes in with the trophies and is like guys you see. I think he has lost some weight”, he said.

The 2013 AFCON winner also offered insight into why Eden Hazard’s Real Madrid career has not turned out as expected.

He reckons Hazard’s poor work ethics and nutritional indiscipline might have caught up with him at Madrid.

“At Chelsea the night before games, after dinner he sits there for about twenty minutes and eating rice pudding. He likes his food. He sleeps, wakes up on Saturday, comes to the field and produces the performance. In training he stands at one place and be demanding the ball but we don’t give it to him” he said.

Mikel Obi and Eden Hazard played together at Chelsea and won a number of trophies with West London side.

With Chelsea, Obi won eleven trophies and established himself as fans’ favorite.