Real Madrid has agreed a €100
million (£88.5m) transfer fee with Chelsea for Eden Hazard, making him the most
expensive 28-year-old signing in the history of the game.
The Chelsea star is only behind
Cristiano Ronaldo in terms of players above 27 years of age to be signed at
€100 million or above.
In football, the older players
are worth less than younger players with a lot of promise. It is why Kylian
Mbappe at 18 was, and is, more expensive than Cristiano Ronaldo, who had been
world best player five times.
According to Guardian UK, Hazard
is one of Zinedine Zidane’s priority targets for the summer transfer window as
part of his major squad rebuild at Madrid.
With just a year left on his
contract with Chelsea, the Belgium international told the club he will not sign
a new deal.
Chelsea face the prospect of
losing Hazard on a free transfer next summer and have been resigned to losing
their star player after their season ended.
Hazard appeared to say goodbye to
Chelsea fans after the Europa League final.
“I think it is a goodbye, but in
football you never know.”
For now, Hazard continues to
train with the Belgian national team ahead of their Euro 2020 qualifiers this
weekend.
He is set to become Zidane’s
third signing of his second stint as Madrid’s manager.
THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLAYERS IN
FOOTBALL HISTORY:
Neymar Jr. — €222 million
Kylian Mbappe — €180 million
Philippe Coutinho — €120 million
Cristiano Ronaldo — €117 million
Ousmane Dembele — €105 million
Paul Pogba — €105 million
Gareth Bale — €101 million
Eden Hazard — €100 million
Gonzalo Higuain — €90 million
Romelu Lukaku — €84.8 million
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