Chelsea forward Eden Hazard has insisted he is not a friend of his manager Antonio Conte in an Q & A with Nike.
The forward was in good form for the Blues in their successful hunt for the Premier League trophy last season building a good relationships with his fellow colleagues on the pitch including attackers Diego Costa and Pedro.
However, the 2015 PFA Player of the Year reveals in his Q & A session with Nike, that he only has a good working relationship with the former Juventus manager, but nothing more.
I have a good relationship with all my managers. You know we train every day together and we can talk together and laugh together.
So yes absolutely we have a good relationship, I wouldn’t say “friends” because it is difficult to be friends with your manager so I wouldn’t say that but we have a good relationship.
Eden Hazard, Daily Mail
The 26-year old’s words will attract talk of his intent to leave the club but his commitment to the Blues remain unaffected as he seeks to win more trophies in the famous blue shirt.
Hazard had been out of action since the beginning of the summer after having a successful surgery on a niggling ankle injury, but returned to competitive football action in Belgium’s 9-0 thrashing of Gibraltar on Friday.
He scored in the 2018 World Cup qualifier to cap off a solid return to football and is sure to be counted on by Conte for the remaining games of the season.
