Eden Hazard Pens A £130m Deal With Real Madrid

Former Chelsea striker, Eden Hazard have completed a deal with Real Madrid for a fee worth up to  £130 million. The fee plus all other bonus payments will make Hazard's transfer to become the most expensive ever involving an English club surpassing the £106.4 million Barcelona paid to capture Philippe Coutinho from Liverpool in 2018.

The 28-year-old, who will double his wages to £400,000 a week with his five-year deal, will be officially unveiled on June 13, once he has undergone his medical.

Shortly after the move was confirmed, Hazard took to social media to post a heartfelt 700-word goodbye to Chelsea supporters and explaining leaving the club had been the "biggest and toughest decision in my career to date."

He wrote: "You now know that I will be joining Real Madrid. It’s no secret that it was my dream to play for them since I was a young boy just scoring my first goal. I have tried my very best not to distract myself or the team through this difficult period of speculation and media attention, especially the last 6 months.

Hazard becomes Madrid’s second major signing after Frankfurt’s Luka Jovic, in a summer of rebuilding in Zinedine Zidane’s second stint as manager at the Bernabeu.