Eden Hazard and Mateo Kovacic's moves between Real Madrid and Chelsea are close to completion, in
what will be two separate transfers.
Kovacic's deal won't be affected by the sanction
on Chelsea,
which prevents them from registering new players, as he has been at the club
since the summer of 2018 and registered since then.
Any announcement of Hazard's move was delayed by the Blues while they were still pushing to
qualify for next season's Champions League,
which they achieved on Sunday as Hazard signed
off on his final Premier League appearance
at Stamford Bridge.
Their season isn't over
yet, though, as they will take on Arsenal in
the Europa League final
on the evening of May 29, after progressing from penalty shootout against
German side Frankfurt with scores locked at 2-2 on aggregate. The No.10, then,
has the chance to bid farewell to Stamford
Bridge in style by sending Chelsea to
another European final.
The final stretch
Hazard and Madrid have agreed on terms for some time
now, but the two clubs are edging ever closer to finalising
terms. Chelsea wanted
140 million euros, but Los Blancos have
been reluctant.
It's likely that the final
figure will be above 100 million euros, which will make him the club's most
expensive signing ahead of Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo, despite his contract
having just one more year to run in London.
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