EDEN HAZARD TOLD TO QUIT BLUES TO RIVAL LIONEL MESSI AND CRISTIANO RONALDO

CHELSEA star Eden Hazard wants to move to Real Madrid to leapfrog the ageing Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and become the best footballer in the world.

Hazard has made it clear he wants to join Los Blancos during his career, describing it as his ‘childhood dream’.

The Belgian was rumoured to be chasing the transfer in the summer, following a highly impressive World Cup.

Ex-Chelsea goalkeeper and national team-mate Thibaut Courtois did make the move to the La Liga club this summer, calling on Hazard to join him.

Hazard stayed with the west London side though, and has started the season in exceptional form, currently sitting as the Premier League’s top goalscorer having netted seven times already this term.

But the 27-year-old’s future at Stamford Bridge remains in the balance as talk of a move to the Santiago Bernabau continues to linger.

And ex-Premier League full-back Rosenior has defended Hazard’s standpoint over the move, questioning what the winger has left to achieve in the Premier League.

“You only have one career and my career flew by way too quickly,” Rosenior said.

“Listen, he’s an absolutely world-class footballer, world-class footballer.

“He’s taken it to a new level for me this season, his performances.

“For Chelsea fans it’s a real shame if he does want to leave.

“But at the same time looking at it from his perspective, I completely understand.

“I think if you’re Eden Hazard right now you’re saying ‘what’s next for me at Chelsea?’.

“‘I’ve won the Premier League, I’ve done incredible things at this club’.

Hazard’s inspired recent performances have earned him comparisons with the likes of Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar.

And Rosenior believes he is already better than the latter, and could become the world’s greatest with Messi and Ronaldo both into their thirties.

Rosenior continued: “Messi’s getting older, Ronaldo’s getting older, ‘I want to be the next one. I want to be seen in that light’.

“If I’m comparing his performances recently to say Neymar, I know who I’m taking in my team every week and it’s Eden Hazard.

“I completely understand why he wants to go from that level, to that level.”