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​Hazard admits he is unsure over Chelsea future

Chelsea star Eden Hazard says he is torn between staying at Stamford Bridge or a move to Real Madrid.

The Belgium international will enter the final year of his current contract at the end of this season, but insists he does not want to go down the same route as Thibaut Courtois, who fell out with Chelsea as he pushed through a move to Real Madrid this summer.

"I don't want that," Hazard told reporters after scoring his eighth Chelsea goal of the campaign in the 3-0 win at Southampton on Sunday. "I want what's good for me, but I want what's good for the club because the club has given me everything.

"I don't want to say: 'Yes, I am signing a new contract' and then in the end I don't end up signing. So I will see. Sometimes in my head, I wake up in the morning and think I want to go.

"Sometimes I think I want to stay. It is a hard decision. It is my future. I am 27 and I will turn 28 in January."

"That's why I spoke after the World Cup and I said that I think it is time to change because I played a great World Cup," he added.

"I am really in the game, I am playing good football at the moment. Real Madrid is the best club in the world. I don't want to lie today.

"It is my dream since I was a kid. I was dreaming about this club. We will see. I don't want to talk about this every day. I don't have time but we will talk about my future soon. I think so."

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