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Eden Hazard has Florentino Perez to blame for Real Madrid move breaking down

According to Don Balon, Chelsea forward Eden Hazard has Real Madrid president Florentino Perez for his move to the Santiago Bernabéu breaking down this summer. The Belgian international looked set to follow his then-club and country teammate Thibaut Courtois to Real, but the report blames Perez and jealousy for the deal not going through.

Signed from LOSC Lille in 2012, Hazard has gone on to make over 300 appearances in all competitions for Chelsea, scoring and creating more than 150 goals in this time. He’s won two Premier League titles, one FA Cup, one League Cup and one Europa League crown during his time at Stamford Bridge, but that looked to be all coming to an end at the end of last season.