Hazard completes €100m transfer to Real Madrid

Chelsea star Eden Hazard has completed a move Real Madrid in a deal worth €100 million (£88m/$112m), and signed a contract through June 30, 2024, the La Liga club have announced.

Bossgist previously reported the deal is worth a minimum €100m, but can rise to €140m (£124m/$146m) with incentives.

The club announced Hazard will be presented as a Madrid player on June 13.

The Blancos sent representatives to London earlier this week to meet with Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia, and Hazard has now officially made the move to Madrid after seven seasons at Chelsea.

The 28-year-old has made no secret of his desire to join Real Madrid, calling the move a ‘dream’ near the beginning of the 2018-19 season.

Following Chelsea’s Europa League final triumph over Arsenal last week – a game in which Hazard scored twice – the Belgian admitted he’d likely played his final match for the Blues.

With his contract at Stamford Bridge expiring at the end of the 2019-20 season and no progress made on an extension, Chelsea have accepted the need to cash in on their Belgian superstar this summer rather than let him walk for free.