The Blues recorded a 1-1 draw away to Eintracht Frankfurt in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final on Thursday and they are hoping to defend fourth place in the Premier League with two rounds remaining.
While there is much still to play for at Stamford Bridge, the campaign is effectively already over for Zinedine Zidane’s side, stranded in third place in La Liga.
Marca has reported that Chelsea’s fight on two fronts is the main reason that Hazard’s sale has not been confirmed, as the London club do not want to undermine manager Maurizio Sarri by announcing the deal during the run-in.
However, the fee is yet to be agreed with Chelsea demanding €140 million (£120 million), an amount the Spanish giants originally didn’t want to spend on a player entering the final year of his contract.
The outlet believes that Los Blancos have now accepted that they will need to break their own transfer record (£86 million for Gareth Bale in 2013) to sign the Belgium international.
