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Your support makes all the difference.Real Madrid are waiting on the outcome of Eden Hazard's operation on Monday after the Belgian fractured his ankle on international duty.
The Chelsea winger is one of the European champions' top targets this summer, but they will hold off on making a formal approach until they have a clear timeline for his return to fitness.
Hazard is currently expected to miss between six and eight weeks, starting with Friday's World Cup qualifier in Estonia.
Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane is known to be a huge fan of Hazard, who he has placed on a par with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in the past.
The Bernabeu club are ready to make him a big-money addition to the squad this summer with the ultimate aim of shifting Ronaldo, who scored twice in Saturday's Champions League final, into a more central position.
While the Portuguese forward, 31, is still resisting a positional change and publicly said as much in interviews last week, he is at least more pliable when it comes to rotation. Cristiano's insistence on playing every week used to be a headache for Madrid coaches trying to keep him fresh for the business end of the season but Zidane convinced his star man to skip away games down the stretch and it paid dividends, with Real winning a double for the first time since 1958.
Madrid's interest in Hazard represents a huge test for Chelsea, who must repel one of the world's biggest clubs ahead of their return to the Champions League.
Hazard's arrival would further throw Gareth Bale's future at the club into doubt, but the Welshman - who has won three European Cups since signing for the Spanish giants - told reporters he wants to stay in Spain.
“Yeah, I have signed a long term contract at Madrid,” Bale said after Real’s 4-1 win over Juventus at the Millennium Stadium. “My family is happy and I am happy so, yeah, we will continue what we are doing. As I have said, I am happy here at Madrid. We are winning trophies and I am happy.”
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