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Hazard '99 percent' sure he will remain with Chelsea next season

Reuters

Eden Hazard is (almost) positive he will be patrolling the left wing at Stamford Bridge next season.

The mercurial Belgian, 25, endured a miserable 2015-16 campaign after claiming PFA Player of the Year honours the previous season, but that hasn't slowed rumours that the likes of Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are interested in signing the diminutive star.

The captain of the Belgian national team maintains, however, that he isn't thinking about a move elsewhere. In the interest of accuracy, he does admit that nothing is ever set in stone, though.

"If I tell you I’m staying at Chelsea with 100 percent certainty, this is not the case," Hazard said Friday. "For now, I’m 100 percent sure I’ll compete at the Euros. After, I will think of Chelsea.

"But I want to finish well at the club. So like Thibaut (Courtois), I will be at Chelsea 99 percent next season."

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Hazard continued, reflecting on his bitterly disappointing season.

"We all know my season. I will not repeat, it was bad. But now it's over and I’m focusing for the Euro," he said.

"The last game where I gave everything was against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. After that I was injured. And this is where the season has just ended for Chelsea. So I took my time to get back to fitness. I will attack the challenge of the European Championship in full possession of my faculties."

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