Eden Hazard surgery to be performed by basketball expert in Dallas - report

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Real Madrid star Eden Hazard has reportedly been sent to an American clinic that specialises in basketball injuries, as he looks to bounce back from a fractured ankle.

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The former Chelsea winger suffered the setback during Real’s 1-0 defeat away to Levante on 22 February.

And HLN reports that he has been sent to the Carell Clinic in Dallas to be treated by a surgeon with experience of aiding in the recovery of basketball players.

Hopes are high that he will return to the pitch before the end of the season, allowing him to feature for Belgium at this summer’s European Championships.

Hazard has been restricted to just 15 games for Zinedine Zidane’s side this season since his summer switch from Chelsea.

Madrid agreed to a deal last July that could reportedly rise to £130 million, with the Belgian penning a five-year contract.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.