This is how confident Real Madrid are about signing Eden Hazard

By Alasdair Mackenzie
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Real Madrid are so certain of signing of Chelsea winger Eden Hazard that they have already held talks about whose place he will take in their squad for next season, according to reports.

Eden Hazard

With just over a year remaining on the Belgian’s contract and no indication of an extension forthcoming, he appears set to leave Stamford Bridge at the end of the season.

The Evening Standard say that the Spanish club are making preparations for next season on the assumption that Hazard will be a member of Zinedine Zidane’s first-team squad.

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Alasdair Mackenzie

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.