Chelsea star Eden Hazard is apparently looking to leave the club after becoming disillusioned at life in London, according to reports from L’Equipe.
Last season’s FWA Footballer of the Year has struggled for form since returning from pre-season and is believed to have had enough of the ‘tough love’ treatment from manager Jose Mourinho that saw the Belgian dropped from the starting line-up for Chelsea’s 2-0 win against Aston Villa on Saturday.
And despite being restored to the team in their 0-0 draw with Dinamo Kiev last night, Hazard, 24, is now looking to orchestrate a move to Real Madrid at the end of the season amid rumours that PSG will break the bank to secure Real Madrid’s leading goalscorer Cristiano Ronaldo as replacement for the outbound Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The Chelsea star has increasingly been linked with a move to Madrid in recent months as the noise from the Spanish press has begun to increase and Mourinho may be open to negotiating a world-record deal as he is currently unimpressed with the balance that Hazard brings to the side.
Mourinho has so far this season been unforgiving in his squad selections with captain John Terry and midfield enforcer Nemanja Matic both being subject to the same treatment.
Explaining his decision to drop the Belgian star for the game against Aston Villa, Mourinho said:
I left out Hazard because are conceding lots of goals.
It was a tactical decision. We needed midfield players to be concerned with being solid. I continue that way [leaving Hazard out] or he comes in our direction, and tries to play that way.
I told players this is not the moment to think about personal situation, or moan, to be selfish. This is a moment for the team. I asked them to look at the picture in a different way. I have to try bring results back.
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