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9th June 2014
12:32pm BST

Top Man
He was Chelsea's best player last season and is one of the most coveted players in world football. He is, of course, Eden Hazard (pic below). He has had a fantastic first couple of seasons with Chelsea in the Premier League and will be pivotal to Belgium's chances of having a good World Cup. Signed from Lille in a £32m deal, he took to the English game with aplomb and he could be a real star of the tournament.
He can play on the wings or as an attacking midfielder and his low centre of gravity and raw speed make him one of the most difficult players to mark. His manager at Chelsea, some guy called José Mourinho, said: "Eden Hazard is probably the best young player in the world with legs to go there, but give him time."
Rising Star
Still unofficially capped by Belgium, Manchester United's Young Player of the Year, Adnan Januzaj (pic below) is definitely one to watch. He recently declared for Belgium having been eligible to play for Albania, Kosovo and 99 other countries and was immediately parachuted (not literally) into the Belgian World Cup squad.

Saved By The Bell. Or Saved By The Belgium if you will. A good-looking team with one individual standing out because of an excessively large hairdo.
Prediction
Belgium are many people's tip as dark horses in Brazil. They have a squad dripping in quality and many household names; players such as Hazard, Courtois, Vertonghen, Lukaku, Januzaj, Kompany, Dembélé and Mirallas are players who would walk into most international teams. Their best ever finish was fourth in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and with the quality they have at their disposal, it would be no surprise to see them go far in this tournament. Quarter-final minimum and a semi-final exit is priced at 7/1.
Ladbrokes Betting Odds: 16/1

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