Eden Hazards father reportedly contacted Real Madrid just days before last months Champions League final to discuss a transfer move for his son.
Belgian superstar Hazard has spent six years at Chelsea and won two Premier League titles and the Europa League while at Stamford Bridge.
He has persistently flirted with Real Madrid, however, and suggested earlier in the month that he would be open to a move to the Spanish giants.
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Zinedine Zidane has been an admirer of Hazard for a number of years and, while he is no longer in charge of Real, the La Liga club remain interested in striking a deal.
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According to Marca, Hazards father Thierry took matters into his own hands by contacting Real Madrid to offer them the chance to sign his 27-year-old son.
He reportedly explained that talks over a new deal at Chelsea were on hold as Hazard believes the time is now right to move on.
The Blues will be absent from the Champions League next season after finishing fifth in the English top-flight last term.
Marca say this is one of the most significant factors for Hazard as he contemplates leaving Chelsea after six years.
Before the World Cup started, Hazard said: I do not want to talk about transfer right now. I have been asked so many times about that. I am focused on the World Cup.
But as I said before, I won everything in London except the Champions League. If Im here in my career, its thanks to Chelsea.
It would be too easy to say: I want to leave because I have done everything.
It is for that before everything that I would really like to know what will happen at the club next year. I am waiting to see if the coach stays or leaves.
If I stay, it will be because the team will be better than the season we have just had. I do not want to stay if we are less good.
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Real Madrid can interest me, everyone knows it. But if tomorrow this club does not want me, we will not talk about it anymore.
If they want to buy me, they know what to do. Go there for the sake of it… no. It takes a project. I still have a project in Chelsea. If I have a good World Cup, things will be easier.
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Hazard has enjoyed a bright start to the World Cup, scoring a brace in Belgiums 5-2 victory over Tunisia on Saturday.
Winning their first two games comfortably, the Belgian Red Devils have already booked their place in the last-16 ahead of their final group game against England.
MORE: Lyon president reveals how Nabil Fekir reacted to failed Liverpool transfer
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Eden Hazards father reportedly contacted Real Madrid just days before last months Champions League final to discuss a transfer move for his son.
Belgian superstar Hazard has spent six years at Chelsea and won two Premier League titles and the Europa League while at Stamford Bridge.
He has persistently flirted with Real Madrid, however, and suggested earlier in the month that he would be open to a move to the Spanish giants.
More: Football
Zinedine Zidane has been an admirer of Hazard for a number of years and, while he is no longer in charge of Real, the La Liga club remain interested in striking a deal.
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According to Marca, Hazards father Thierry took matters into his own hands by contacting Real Madrid to offer them the chance to sign his 27-year-old son.
He reportedly explained that talks over a new deal at Chelsea were on hold as Hazard believes the time is now right to move on.
The Blues will be absent from the Champions League next season after finishing fifth in the English top-flight last term.
Marca say this is one of the most significant factors for Hazard as he contemplates leaving Chelsea after six years.
Before the World Cup started, Hazard said: I do not want to talk about transfer right now. I have been asked so many times about that. I am focused on the World Cup.
But as I said before, I won everything in London except the Champions League. If Im here in my career, its thanks to Chelsea.
It would be too easy to say: I want to leave because I have done everything.
It is for that before everything that I would really like to know what will happen at the club next year. I am waiting to see if the coach stays or leaves.
If I stay, it will be because the team will be better than the season we have just had. I do not want to stay if we are less good.
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Real Madrid can interest me, everyone knows it. But if tomorrow this club does not want me, we will not talk about it anymore.
If they want to buy me, they know what to do. Go there for the sake of it… no. It takes a project. I still have a project in Chelsea. If I have a good World Cup, things will be easier.
More: Football
Hazard has enjoyed a bright start to the World Cup, scoring a brace in Belgiums 5-2 victory over Tunisia on Saturday.
Winning their first two games comfortably, the Belgian Red Devils have already booked their place in the last-16 ahead of their final group game against England.
MORE: Lyon president reveals how Nabil Fekir reacted to failed Liverpool transfer
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