"You know my favorite destination"

Belgium and Chelsea star Eden Hazard opened the door to his transfer to Real Madrid, one of the hottest files in the transfer window, admitting Saturday that he may have been " time to discover something different "after six years in London and two league titles in England.

" After six wonderful years in Chelsea, it may be time to discover something different ", launched the Red Devils striker after the match for the third place of the World Cup won by the Belgians against England (2-0).

Under contract with the Blues until 2020, the Belgian badured: " I can decide if I want to stay or leave, but Chelsea will make the final decision, if they want to let me go. " Before warning, clever, that " you know my favorite destination ".

Without naming him, the Belgian captain of 27 years evokes very probably Real Madrid, that very many media announce very interested by the striker named best player of Premier League in 2014-15.

The club Madrid, in full upheaval after the departure of his coach Zinédine Zidane, is indeed looking for a great player as an attacker to replace Cristiano Ronaldo, who left for Juventus Turin in the most resounding transfer of the summer.

The press also evoked the possible arrival of the Brazilian Neymar to the " Casa Blanca ", but the merengue club badured Friday in a statement that" was in no way ready to formulate an offer "to engage the services of the player of Paris SG.

A departure of Hazard from the London club would also arrive at a pivotal moment for Chelsea, who went off in a big shake-up with the departure of the Italian coach Antonio Conte, replaced by his compatriot Maurizio Sarri Saturday

Especially as the club chaired by the Russian Roman Abramovich begins to be placed on this summer mercato, announcing in particular on Saturday the arrival of the Italian midfielder Jorginho in provencance of Naples, and while that of the Russian leader Aleksandr Golovin is mentioned

Formed in Lille where he was champion of France in 2011 with the title of best player in the championship – he will also get the following season – Hazard compiles more than 200 matches and nearly 70 goals and 50 badists in the Premier League.

He scored three goals in the 2018 World Cup with Belgium and had 92 caps in the Red Devils jersey.