{"id":1079444,"date":"2019-03-21T16:44:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T16:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1079444"},"modified":"2019-03-21T16:50:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T16:50:55","slug":"hazard-real-madrid-angers-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/hazard-real-madrid-angers-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Eden Hazard’s latest Real Madrid hint met with anger among Chelsea fans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eden Hazard has dropped a light-hearted hint he could be set to leave Chelsea for Real Madrid this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Belgian is out of contract at the end of next season and is reportedly on Zinedine Zidane’s summer shortlist.<\/p>\n

Hazard’s Chelsea future: Five key things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. Hazard has made 339 appearances for Chelsea since joining from Lille in 2012.<\/li>\n
  2. With just over 16 months remaining on his contract, speculation has been rife about his future throughout the current campaign.<\/li>\n
  3. Last summer, Hazard labelled Real Madrid “the best club in the world”<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. And reports<\/a> suggest the La Liga giants want to sign Hazard this summer.<\/li>\n
  5. The 28-year-old has scored at least 16 goals in five of his seven seasons at the club, including this term, winning two Premier League titles along the way.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7205446-man-utd-need-to-sign-england-s-duel-master<\/p>\n

    Currently away with Belgium on international duty, Hazard has received inevitable questions from the media about his future.<\/p>\n

    At one interview session, as reported by Belgian outlet HLN<\/a>, Hazard was asked a tongue-in-cheek question about a possible move to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

    The question was: “Look, I have a friend who has been playing in the Premier League for seven years. At a club that plays in blue. He has won everything there and he is ready for a new challenge. He is now in the interest of another club, one in a white outfit. What would you recommend to that boy?”<\/p>\n

    Smiling, Hazard replied: “Well, buy that friend a white shirt.”<\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xa_EdMMm-Lc<\/p>\n

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    Hazard not thinking of Real Madrid move “right now”<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Other than his “white shirt” comment, Hazard has refused to talk about his Chelsea future since joining up with Belgium earlier this week.<\/p>\n

    Speaking to another Belgian outlet, VTM News, Hazard reiterated that he is focussed on helping Chelsea achieve their aims this season.<\/p>\n

    “I’m not working on that (a transfer) right now,” he said.<\/p>\n

    “I want to shine with Chelsea for a few months and try to win the Europa League. This week I think about the Red Devils (Belgium) and then back to Chelsea. Then we’ll see.”<\/p>\n

    Chelsea face Slavia Prague in the quarter-finals of the Europa League next month, a competition they may need to win to secure Champions League football next season, having fallen further adrift of Arsenal in the race for fourth-place at the weekend.<\/p>\n

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    READ MORE:<\/span> Six England questions Gareth Southgate will answer in the international break<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

    Chelsea fans react to Hazard comments<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    It’s safe to say Chelsea fans weren’t totally happy with Hazard’s “white shirt” comment, whether or not it was in jest.<\/p>\n

    Some reacted with resignation, accepting that Hazard is likely to join Real Madrid at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

    Others responded with anger, criticising Hazard for fuelling further speculation about a potential exit. See the best of the reaction from Twitter below.<\/p>\n

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    pic.twitter.com\/GGrljlwuhn<\/a><\/p>\n

    — Sazio ?? (@Piusazio) March 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n