Cesc Fabregas hopes Eden Hazard extends his stay at Chelsea but said the star attacker has always liked Real Madrid.
The Belgium international revealed this week he had made a decision on his future and would announce it "soon".
Hazard, 28, has long been linked with a move to Madrid but is contracted at Stamford Bridge until 2020.
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His former team-mate Fabregas, who moved to Monaco in January, is holding out hope Hazard will stay at Chelsea.
"Let's see what he decides to do. He has a year and a half left and he is happy at Chelsea and so is his family," Fabregas told Radio Marca.