Real Madrid could drop interest in Chelsea ace Eden Hazard – to let Marco Asensio develop instead
The Spanish giants could save themselves shelling out a world record fee for Hazard to make room for young star who has attracted Prem interest
REAL MADRID could drop their interest in Chelsea star Eden Hazard to allow starlet Marco Asensio to flourish.
The 21-year-old attacker is seen by the Los Blancos hierarchy as a future 'Galactico', and will want to see his rapid progress continue next season.
The potential U-turn could spell bad news for the Belgian, who could see his dream of playing for his idol Zinedine Zidane scuppered.
Hazard is back to his best this season, and came off the bench to score in Chelsea's win against Tottenham at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday.
Asensio moved to the Bernabueu in a cut-price deal from Mallorca in 2014, and has enjoyed loan stints back at his former club and Espanyol last season.
The young Spaniard has made 30 appearances this season, mainly from the bench, and scored in the dramatic extra-time midweek win against Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
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His performances have attracted the interest from Chelsea, Juventus, Manchester United and a huge bid from Liverpool has already been rejected for the future superstar.
Real president Florentino Perez could use the best part of £100million earmarked for Hazard on other potential targets, including Monaco striker Kylian Mbappe and Manchester United keeper David De Gea.