Eden Hazard refuses to rule out future move to Real or PSG

Sport360 staff 21:15 15/02/2016
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  • Hazard did not rule out a future move away from Chelsea.

    Hazard has been repeatedly courted by Real Madrid and PSG after his scintillating performances last season when Chelsea won the Premier League and League Cup.

    The Belgian’s displays this season have been less emphatic and Chelsea’s lowly league position means a likely absence of Champions League football next term – unless the Blues beat PSG in the last-16 tie, the first leg of which takes place at Parc des Princes on Tuesday, and go on to win the competition.

    A summer of transition is likely, but a player exodus is possible if Chelsea are not in Europe’s elite competition.

    Asked by Le Parisien whether he could leave Stamford Bridge, he said: “Everything is possible, it’s true. But I have a contract that runs for four-and-a-half years yet.

    “Even if things are difficult this year, I feel good at Chelsea. I’m in a good squad that can win trophies every season.”

    Asked whether boss Guus Hiddink had said he could leave in the summer, he added: “I don’t think that will happen. Anyway, every transfer window people say: ‘Eden is going to leave.’

    “And every time that I said that I would stay, I have actually stayed. On the other hand, I said during my last year at Lille that I was going to leave and I really did leave.”

    Addressing rumours of a move to the Bernabeu, he said: “Of course, [Madrid coach] Zinedine Zidane gets you interested. 

    “He was my idol when he was a player… and he’s been saying good things about me for a long time.

    “In any case, I want to work with the best managers in the world.

    “Beyond that, I don’t know if Zidane is in that category yet. He’s only been training Real since the start of January.”

    Hazard has previously played down talk of a switch to PSG but revealed: “It’s difficult to say no to PSG, like all the teams who are capable of winning the Champions League.

    “PSG are part of that category now. And for me, to win the Champions League is the main aim. But for the moment I’m not dwelling on that.”

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