New Chelsea kit: Eden Hazard unveils new shirt and makes strip tease joke

Probably not how the club wanted to reveal the latest colours

Simon Rice
Wednesday 04 May 2016 08:02 EDT
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Eden Hazard cracks joke as Chelsea unveil new kit

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Chelsea have unveiled their new home kit for the 2016/17 season, but a joke about doing a strip tease made by Eden Hazard probably wasn't quite what the club had planned.

The Blues enlisted the Belgian player, along with Ruben Loftus-Cheek, to unveil the new kit in what some suspect might be a move to appease fans' fears Hazard will leave Stamford Bridge this summer.

The video on the club's official Facebook page sees the presenter ask: "Gentlemen if you could remove your jackets and do the honours..." to which Hazard replies: "Like a striptease?"

As the Belgian giggles he is reminded by the presenter that the video is being released before the watershed.

A view of the new Chelsea strip
A view of the new Chelsea strip (Facebook / Chelsea FC)

Hazard appeared to be in a playful mood, perhaps owing to having scored the equalising goal against Tottenham on Monday night. Having scored the decisive goal in the Premier League title race last season as well, Hazard was asked how they compare.

"Last season was better. My job is to score some goals. When it is important it's even better," he said.

"It is one of my favourites. When you play against Tottenham it's always good. To score a goal against Spurs is always nice."

Hazard has been dreadful for most of the season, leading to speculation that he is angling for a move away from the club.

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