Chelsea news: Sarri and I think the same thing about football – Hazard

Eden Hazard thinks he and Chelsea head coach Maurizio Sarri are on the same length of wave.

The next move of the Belgian striker remains a subject of intense speculation, which he himself has prepared this week stating that he had made a decision as to his future to Chelsea.

Real Madrid has been strongly linked to the 28-year-old athlete, while mixed returns on the pitch in Sarri's first season at the head of Stamford Bridge have fueled uncertainty.

The 60-year-old Italian has touted Hazard as Europe's best player on Friday, but does not think his country's leading player is Hazard.

Chelsea face Premier League champions Manchester City on Sunday at Etihad Stadium, a dress rehearsal for their Carabao Cup final later this month, Hazard announced. The temperature he feels comfortable with Sarri as he approaches the ongoing process to redefine his club's style of play.

"He's an old man but his way of thinking is the same as I think about football," he said.

"When we have the ball, we have a lot of freedom, not only me but also the attacker and the right [attacker]Willian or Pedro, so we can move a lot.

"The manager likes the possession of goods, there are many statistics, numbers, possession, shooting, opportunity.

"In the past, we played more counterattacks – it's different with Sarri than with [Antonio] Story and [Jose] Mourinho. Sometimes we keep possession of the ball and I understand that the fans want us to move forward [more directly]but that's part of football.

"We're always learning more about his concept, we're fine, I like that kind of football."

Hazard recently acknowledged his ability to irritate coaches and said that Mourinho and Conte and others had overestimated his abilities as a scorer, while suggesting that Sarri's observation that he was an individual by opposition to a leader could be very far from the target.

"I'm not at all selfish, what I am can be a weakness to be the best player in the world," he said.

"Managers like Mourinho, Conte and Sarri now want me to score 40, 50 goals per season, but can I do it?" I'm not sure. Maybe they think I can, but I'm know and I do not think I can, but I will try.

"I like to be" the star "but I also love when I can pbad the ball to another for what it 's branding and it' s not right for me. is for everyone, my goal is to help the team win something. "

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Gonzalo Higuain and Hazard, newcomers, now have the burden of scorers in Chelsea and now feels a fruitful relationship with the Argentine striker.

"I've only played two games with Higuain and I know we can do something great together – not just with him, but with the other attackers, the other wingers," he added.

"Chelsea does not talk about Higuain and Hazard, but about 25 players, but Higuain is a fantastic striker."