A former target of Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, Arsenal, Chelsea, Juventus and Manchester United, the highly sought after 27-year-old Italian global is reported to have rejected a move to Southampton last summer on the grounds that he had no desire to leave Italy, but will nearly certainly drop everything and hightail it to Anfield if animal magnetism and heavy metal football’s most charismatic bespectacled manager gives him the come-on.
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Real Madrid show interest in any top player in the world, and Madrid B coach and club legend Zinedine Zidane is an open admirer of Hazard. Well, Hazard has been linked with a move to the Spanish capital, with the Daily Mirror reporting that Real are keen on a move next season. After being adjudged Player of the Year last season, Hazard has looked jaded and exhausted this time around for both club and country.
It is not certain what his choice might be at that point of time, though at the moment it seems he is quite happy being with the Blues, under manager Jose Mourinho.
Gary Neville has no sympathy with Chelsea star Eden Hazard in the wake of his awful start to the campaign.
“If he does get too disgruntled, you could see him leaving Chelsea or wanting to leave Chelsea”. It’s more what they’re about as wide players.
Encouragingly for Chelsea fans, we then stray into tabloidy “told a pal” territory as the Independent goes on to claim that Hazard has “confided to family and friends” that he wants to leave Chelsea.
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It’s for that reason academy product Ruben Loftus-Cheek was afforded a rare start against Villa, one unburdened by a sense of entitlement and still very much fighting for prominence at Stamford Bridge.
