The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)

Hazard facing ‘hard decision’

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Eden Hazard admits he is torn between signing a new Chelsea contract and a dream move to Real Madrid.

The in-form Belgium forward, who has two years remaining on his existing Stamford Bridge deal, was heavily linked with a move to the Bernabeu following the World Cup.

Hazard has begun the season in sensationa­l style for the Blues but has now cast fresh doubt over his future.

“I want what’s good for me, but I want what’s good for the club because the club has given me everything,” he was quoted as saying in several national newspapers.

“I don’t want to say: ‘Yes,

I am signing a new contract’ and then in the end I don’t end up signing. So I will see. Sometimes in my head, I wake up in the morning and think I want to go.

“Sometimes I think I want to stay. It is a hard decision. It is my future.”

Hazard tops the Premier League goal-scoring charts with seven after netting in the 3-0 win at Southampto­n on Sunday.

He will turn 28 in January and accepts he probably has one more big transfer before retirement.

He added. “Real Madrid is the best club in the world. I don’t want to lie today. It is my dream since I was a kid.

“I don’t want to talk about this every day. I don’t have time, but we will talk about my future soon. I think so.”

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Eden Hazard: Top scorer in the Premier League.

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