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Chelsea transfer news: Stan Collymore makes Eden Hazard claim over Stamford Bridge future
CHELSEA should sell Eden Hazard and they could raise in excess of £150million for him.
Those are the thoughts of Stan Collymore.
Hazard has been continually linked with a move to Real Madrid, who are long-term admirers.
The diminutive Belgian playmaker even admitted he may even have to leave the Blues after six years at the club to ‘try something different’.
While Hazard has been instrumental for the west London outfit over the past few seasons, Collymore doesn’t think he’s indispensable.
And he thinks that if Maurizio Sarri is to reshape the squad the way he wants, Hazard might have to go.
I’d cash in on Hazard, particularly if I could get £150million-odd for him
“Chelsea seems a bit chaotic and we haven’t even mentioned the futures of Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois,” Collymore told the Daily Mirror.
“I’d cash in on Hazard, particularly if I could get £150million-odd for him, because his best days are behind him at Chelsea, even though he had a very good World Cup.
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“And I’d use the funds he’d provide to breathe new life into the side as well as bringing through the brightest young stars in a brilliant academy to re-enthuse Abramovich.
"We know Sarri is capable of producing some very exciting football, he showed us that at Napoli, and there’s nothing to stop him bringing that to Chelsea."