Chelsea ace Pedro insists Eden Hazard is at the same level as former Barcelona teammate Leo Messi.

Pedro was a product of Barcelona 's famous La Masia academy and spent eight years in the first team with Argentine superstar Messi.

He told the Mirror: “It is obvious that Eden Hazard is in the three, four players that are the best in the world like Leo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Eden.

"Because Eden every year, you show your football and your numbers - score goals, assists, play a lot of minutes, play very good.

“I don't know, maybe in a few years Eden can win the golden ball or another thing because he is a very good player.

“He is a big star. It is very good for the us that Eden is in good form with good confidence, doesn't lose ball, is dribbling very good, score goals.

“It is a very good help for the team and when this guy plays like this he is very difficult to stop."