Chelsea winger, Eden Hazard will leave Chelsea because the club cannot match his ambition and will not fancy losing him for free, according to former Blues defender, Mario Melchiot.
Speculation persists, suggesting that the Belgium international will join Real Madrid after this season.
He is closing in on the final year of his contract at Stamford Bridge and has shown no sign that he will be signing fresh terms despite promising to make a decision on his future “soon”.
However, Mario Melchiot already knows his decision, and its that he will be leaving the London club.
Mario said, “Some of the questions that Eden Hazard will ask himself are: ‘Can I win trophies here? Can I become a better player than I am already? And in this team can I move forward as quick as I want to move forward?’
“And if all those answers are no, what do you think he’s going do? I don’t see him staying at Chelsea.
“They have to sit down with him as quick as they can because if not the kid has all the power in his hands, he’s going to run the contract out and it doesn’t matter what they do.
“They can do whatever they want, they can tell him ‘you have to sign now’ or whatever pressure they want to put on him, they’re already too late.
“So they might as well now have the conversation and be open about it, say ‘look, I know you understand we extend your deal and we give you whatever it is that we can give you, or we’ve got to let you go. Because if not we’re not going to make any money on you’.”
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