Eden Hazard set for bumper new Chelsea contract to warn off Real Madrid suitors after helping Antonio Conte’s side to top of the Premier League
Hazard is already the Blues’ highest paid player but is well off the mega-money pocketed by European heavyweights Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo
EDEN HAZARD’S title-winning Chelsea performances are set to earn him a massive new contract, according to reports.
The Belgian had a nightmare campaign last season, contributing to Jose Mourinho’s sacking, and looked set for a Stamford Bridge exit with Real Madrid courting him.
But Antonio Conte got the ace back on track and claim his form for the Premier League leaders will be rewarded with a boost to his £200,000-a-week deal.
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Hazard is already the Blues’ highest paid player but is well off the mega-money pocketed by European heavyweights Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The former Lille man is well below the lucre dished out in the Chinese Super League wants wants real competition.
Hazard is often targeted for rough treatment from some of the league’s more industrious defenders, which could have made a switch to the La Liga leaders even more alluring.
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Conte had a go at Mourinho and his Manchester United players for targeting the playmaker in their recent FA Cup clash.
But Hazard stood tall and helped his side knock the holders out with a narrow 1-0 win.
Hazard still has three years left of his five year deal, so Roman Abramovich is in no desperate rush to tie him down but must be feeling generous.
Team and individual silverware and awards are headed Hazard’s way at the end of the season – with only N’Golo Kante challenging him for player of the year recognition.
Mourinho once labelled Hazard a £100million player but Conte has refused to be drawn in on the speculation around his star man.
Conte said: “I'm not very good to put a price on a player. I think Eden, for sure, is a great player. A top player. He's in a level very high.
"But I don't see the problem, because we don't want to sell him. He hasn't a price now."