Eden Hazard will move to Real Madrid this summer if the Belgian wants to go, according to a former president of the Spanish giants.
Ramon Calderon lined up the then world record £80m transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United in 2009.
And now head coach Zinedine Zidane wants the Chelsea playmaker as the club’s latest Galactico – even if they have to break the transfer world record again.
Chelsea are however, braced for an offer from Real for their star player given his spectacular form this season, and Calderon said:
“Chelsea aren’t a selling club, so it wouldn’t be easy, but as always it would depend on the wishes of the player. If he wants to leave, he will leave - that’s always the point.
“Chelsea will ask for a lot of money, I think that’s what the situation will be at the end of the season.
“Chelsea knows quite well how much has been paid in the market over the last few years, with Ronaldo, Bale and Pogba - £100million is now the bar.
“That bar has been set by those transfers, so I think that’s how much a club like Chelsea would be asking for and the economy at Real Madrid is healthy - I don’t think that would be a problem for them.
“But it’s all about the player. The player must say, ‘I want to leave and go to Real Madrid’, and that will be the moment they start negotiating.”
Hazard would have to fit into a Real Madrid team already containing Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema.
Calderon said: “Fantastic players like him can fit in any club, they will always find a place, I don’t see any problem with that.”
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