Real
Madrid are increasingly confident of signing Eden Hazard this summer, Sky
Sports News understands.
However, Chelsea are holding out for £100m despite Hazard having just over a
year left on his contract.
The situation is made complicated by Chelsea's two-window transfer ban,
which will come into effect this summer, with the Blues' appeal to be heard
on Thursday.
The Belgium star admitted earlier this season that he was torn between
signing a new deal at Stamford Bridge or make a long-talked-about switch the
Bernabeu.
"Sometimes in my head, I wake up in the morning and think I want to go," he
said last October. "Sometimes I think I want to stay. It is a hard decision.
It is my future."
Hazard also spoke of his desire to leave for the Spanish giants after a
stellar World Cup showing for his country, believing he had one big move
left in his career.
"That's why I spoke after the World Cup and I said that I think it is time
to change because I played a great World Cup," he said. "I am really in the
game, I am playing good football at the moment. Real Madrid is the best club
in the world. I don't want to lie today."
Hazard, who turned 28 in January, signed for Chelsea in a £32million deal
from French club Lille in 2012 and he has gone on to score 106 goals in 341
appearances
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