Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has admitted his relationship with Eden Hazard is distant after his player's shock comments on their breakdown in communication.
In a stunning interview on Tuesday morning, Los Blancos winger Hazard revealed he is no longer on speaking terms with his boss.
The Belgian, 32, has not played for two months but insists he wants to stay on his £470,000-a-week pay packet even if his chances of game time are low.
Yet Ancelotti, speaking ahead of his side's Champions League last-16 second leg tie against Liverpool on Wednesday, responded by denying their relations are 'cold', despite freezing him out of the team.