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It took José Mourinho a couple of attempts to settle upon a package whose value could, hypothetically, tempt Chelsea into negotiating with Real Madrid for Eden Hazard. “£100m each leg, because he’s very young,” said Mourinho. Whether or not this was an advance on the £100m “plus one of their best three players” suggested a few moments previously is moot, but the point was clear enough.
Executives from Spain’s top two clubs are not known for making casual asides, so when Zinedine Zidane – who now manages Real’s B team, Castilla – dropped his admiration for Hazard into an interview there was cause to wonder whether he was the advance party for a summer of attempts to unsettle the player.
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