Hazard very happy at Chelsea amid reported Real Madrid interest Liam Twomey

Eden Hazard very happy at Chelsea amid reported Real Madrid interest
Liam Twomey

Eden Hazard has laughed off the suggestion that he could be interested in a world-record move to Real Madrid and said he has "things to finish" at Chelsea this season.
Speculation of a transfer gathered momentum during the international break, with Spanish newspaper Marca reporting that Madrid want to make Hazard their next big signing and claiming that Chelsea have indicated they are willing to discuss terms on a deal that could surpass Paul Pogba's £89.3 million move from Juventus to Manchester United last August.

Chelsea's stance is that Hazard is not for sale at any price and in a news conference on Friday, head coach Antonio Conte said that Hazard can fulfil his footballing ambitions at Stamford Bridge and described Madrid's public interest as a compliment rather than a distraction.

Asked by Belgian journalist Claude Atcheba if he would be interested in a summer move to Spain, following Chelsea's 2-1 defeat against Crystal Palace on Saturday, Hazard laughed and replied: "Why do you want to put me in s---? No, I'm very well here. I have stuff to finish this year. I have a contract until 2020. For now I'm here."

Hazard could not add to his tally of 11 Premier League goals this season as strikes from Wilfried Zaha and Christian Benteke enabled Palace to hand Chelsea their first loss since January -- a result that narrows their lead over second-placed Tottenham at the top of the table to seven points with nine matches left.

"It's disappointing, at half-time we came in and hoped to play better in the second half," teammate Thibaut Courtois told Chelsea's official website.

"The first half wasn't bad, we scored very early which was good against a team like Palace, but in two or three minutes we maybe lost a bit of concentration and gave away two goals.
"With the first Zaha did well, but then we were pushing forward, we left too many spaces in behind and they scored. We tried to fight back but the ball didn't want to go in which is frustrating.

"After the second goal it was hard to break them down. We had a few chances, maybe not the biggest ones, but the ball didn't fall for us."
Manchester City can reignite the Premier League title race if they emulate Palace's achievement at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, but Courtois said Chelsea will approach the game in a positive frame of mind.

"It's important to win on Wednesday," he added. "Spurs will be hoping we lose again so they can close the gap to four points, but we will start working again. We know what we are doing, we don't need to think about losing again, we just need to focus and try to win the game on Wednesday."