Chelsea star Eden Hazard – a reported transfer target for Real Madrid – has showered praise on the ‘fantastic’ Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri.
The 28-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to the outgoing European champions with reports that he is currently house-hunting in the Spanish capital.
Marca have reported on a near ‘total agreement’ between all parties with the player to sign a six-year deal at Los Blancos, but these latest comments suggest he is not pushing for a Stamford Bridge exit.
“It’s easy to understand each other,” Hazard told BBC Sport.
“Statistically it’s my best season, and I like to say that because the way he’s [Sarri] thinking is the same way I think football.
“Sometimes we have lost but, at the end, the way he wants to play is the way I want Chelsea to play.
“I think he is a fantastic manager. After Conte it was not easy. He came here with his own ideas to play football and I think we have done quite well.
“It’s not simple to play the football he wants to play but I think now we have started to understand.
“We are working a lot because this manager is different to Conte, he’s different to Mourinho.
“It’s not easy to change everything but I think we have showed in the past two or three weeks that we have adapted well, and now we want to finish the season well.”
