Real Madrid presented Eden Hazard at the Bernabeu as 50,000 welcomed him to the Spanish capital.
Cristiano Ronaldo's arrival in 2009 drew around 70,000 supporters to the stadium, but Madrid pushed that close with Hazard's arrival, as the first statement signing the club have made for some time.
Hazard completed his transfer from Chelsea this week for an initial fee of £89m, which could rise to as much as £150m with add-ons. He joins Luka Jovic among several new arrivals as Madrid look to revitalise the team under returning manager Zinedine Zidane.
Welcome along to live updates as Eden Hazard is presented to the Santiago Bernabeu. Will he break the attendance record of 70,000 set by Cristiano Ronaldo? Will he shout 'hala Madrid!' in a Belgian accent? Will he mess up his keepy-uppies? Stay tuned to find out.
While we wait for the man himself to arrive, here's Miguel Delaney with an emotional farewell to one of the Premier League's most talented players:
In the Bernabeu, they are showing some video clips of Hazard in action. If they weren't already, Real Madrid fans should be rather excited.
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It is a PACKED Santiago Bernabeu tonight. What a welcome. My first day at The Independent was similar.
Everyone's favourite club president Florentino Perez takes the mic. "Those here in charge of the club look to take the club forward and build on the legacy of Santiago Bernabeu, who brought the best players in the world to Madrid.
"We are Real Madrid. We want more titles, more success, and always win."
"I want to welcome Eden Hazard. The fans will be behind you in every game. The fans know that you are unique, that your brand of football is special."
And here comes Eden...
Eden Hazard speaks! "Hello everyone! [in Spanish]."
"I'm going to speak in French as I still need to improve in Spanish [in French, obviously]. Thanks to the president, my friends and family. I look forward to pulling on this shirt. Since I was a young child it was my dream to play for this club. I just want to enjoy my time with this club. Thank you all."
Hazard will speak a little more later. First he holds up his new shirt along side Florentino Perez, before being joined by his family members on the stage. His mum (I presume it's his mum) looks pleased as punch.
So here comes the fun bit. Eden Hazard is about to head out and meet the fans on the pitch itself. Will he pull off some stylish keepy-uppies? My senses say yes, but you never know...
It's a lovely set of skills. He kept it simple at first with some steady kick-ups, then branched out to a couple of leg-overs (might not be the technical term), then finished with a delightful seal-esque balancing on the forehead. Nothing outrageous but a very classy set. 8 out of 10.
He's also got through the booting of balls into the crowd and is now going for something altogether more modern, with a selfie bit choreographed by a man in a polo T-shirt who keeps telling Hazard to point at the badge on his chest. All in all, quite a strange affair this, isn't it.
He's kicking more half-gold-half-white balls into the crowd. He looks a bit bored.
He is occasionally varying things with a throw of a ball into the crowd, but mostly it's a firm volley. What dreams are made of. He's probably thinking about what to have for dinner.
He just scored a penalty by rolling it into the empty net. Clinical.
And that looks to be about it, although we are still expecting Hazard to speak some more. A presentation of two halves so far, which really exploded into life in the early stages before rather petering out.
Hazard is now expected to presented in front of the media to take some questions, alongside Florentino Perez.
Well this is rather sweet. The Hazards get a family photo to remember:
Stay tuned – we are expecting a full press conference shortly.
What time is the presentation?
Eden Hazard is set to be presented between 6-7pm BST.
