Chelsea hero Joe Cole is convinced Eden Hazard will eventually win the Ballon d'Or.

After announcing his retirement last week, Cole admits the Belgian is the best he played with.

When asked to name the best player he has ever shared a dressing room with, Cole told Sky Sports: “All the English players. [Steven] Gerrard, Frank [Lampard], JT [John Terry], Wazza [Wayne Rooney].

"Then you have the foreign players, [Arjen] Robben, Hazard; I could go on forever. But you realise you're playing with absolute geniuses.

"If my life depended on it and I had to pick one I still think it is Hazard is the best I've played with.

"He was 19 in France and he was just so talented. I look at players and try to break them down into what they've got and he just had everything.

"But also the stuff that is unquantifiable. His heart, what he was about in games, was he there in the big moments? He was just a great player.

"I think he'll go on to become the Ballon d'or winner at some point, he's that good."