Former Barcelona president Joan Laporta has taken a swipe at Real Madrid over their deal for Eden Hazard.

Following the announcement that Madrid had finally secured the signing of Chelsea star Hazard for 100 million euros, Laporta questioned Real's transfer policy.

“He's a great footballer and he's going to make LaLiga even more competitive without a doubt; Real Madrid was forced to go to the market to look for signings," said Laporta.

"It is evidence that they don't put their faith in home-grown players."

He added: "At Barcelona we have had another philosophy for a long time, which is to look for players from the youth academy.

“Besides, this way of going to the market to look for players does not guarantee anything either because this season we won LaLiga and Real Madrid were left with nothing."