Real Madrid: 3 reasons why selling Eden Hazard is much harder than you think

HE DOES NOT HAVE MANY SUITORS

Eden Hazard has been linked with transfers to Chelsea and Newcastle United in recent weeks, but not by any top-tier journalists. Moreover, from a logical standpoint, it is tough to see why the west Londoners would consider signing him for a second time or why the player would join the Magpies of all places when he is at the most elite of footballing levels while playing for Real Madrid.

Chelsea already have a host of options on the left flank in Christian Pulisic, Callum Hudson-Odoi, and even Timo Werner now who has started playing out wide with Romelu Lukaku leading the line. While Pulisic and Hudson-Odoi are being linked with moves elsewhere, Chelsea may prefer signing younger replacements than bear Hazard’s massive wages with little output.

Frankly, doing that would be a very emotional decision and not one which a shrewd and progressive-minded club like Chelsea would make.

Newcastle on the other hand are relegation candidates despite a multibillion worth of takeover from Saudi Arabia. Dean Smith is set to replace Steve Bruce at the helm at the St. James’ Park, but the quality of the existing squad coupled with fair play rules thwarting the new owners from making a dream splash of cash in the winter are all but likely to send the English side down.

To think that Hazard would like to play in a second division is itself a daft and hilarious assumption, let alone the fact that Newcastle, who will down the line become a rival of Chelsea, Hazard’s much-respected former club, will be able to price him away from the world’s greatest club.