Chelsea’s Eden Hazard fits the Real Madrid model

<p>The signing of Chelsea’s Eden Hazard fits the Real Madrid business model, according to Sky Sports’ Spanish football expert Guillem Balague.</p>, <p>Hazard has been heavily linked with a move to the Bernabeu in the Spanish press and Sky sources reported earlier in the week that Real are keen sign Chelsea forward Eden Hazard, but talks between the clubs have not taken place.</p>, <p>Chelsea manager Antonio Conte was asked about the reports from Spain that Chelsea were willing to sell Hazard but the Italian, speaking ahead of his side’s match with Crystal Palace, said the 26-year-old was happy at Stamford Bridge.</p>, <p>However, Balague, speaking to Sky Sports in his weekly Twitter Q&A, thinks we could be seeing the early stages of a strategy from Real Madrid which, in the next few months, will try to convince the player and the English club.</p>, <p>“The idea of course is that yes they are interested in Hazard,” he added. “I’m sure he knows about it. His representatives know about it but of course Chelsea have to want to sell. That’s where the sticking point will be for Real Madrid.</p>, <p>“So the effort from Madrid right now is to add pressure to Hazard to make his mind up. The Spanish club feel he wants to come to them, but Real will ask him to tell Chelsea he wants to go once they have agreed personal terms.</p>, <p>“So we are in an early phase of the potential transfer but Real will have a plan B in case Chelsea do not want to sell.”</p>, <p>Real president Florentino Perez has set his sights on signing a new Galactico this summer and wants to bring in the Chelsea forward, who head coach Zinedine Zidane has previously labelled the third-best player in the world behind Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.</p>, <p>And Balague insists the signing of Hazard, who has played an integral part in Chelsea rise to the summit of the Premier League, is nothing to do with the upcoming elections at Real.</p>, <p>“He will win the elections, no problems whatsoever,” Balague told Sky Sports News HQ. “For him, sig