Chelsea to “insist” on keeping this player if Hazard goes

Like rats leaving a sinking ship, it seems that the mood is changing at Chelsea, and a club which was once the desired destination of some of the world’s top players looks more and more like a ghost town.

Eden Hazard is the club’s crown jewel, but he will almost certainly be off to Real Madrid this summer. One man who won’t be joining him, according to The Sun, is Callum Hudson-Odoi

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They say that “Chelsea will insist on keeping him” if, as expected, Hazard leaves.

Bayern Munich were all over the winger in the winter window, and we expect them to be back this summer. If Real Madrid swoop for Hazard though, it would not only open up a space for more minutes for young CHO, it would also be a disastrous PR move for the club.

If we want to keep looking like the top dogs, we have to act like them. Selling your two brightest stars does not give out that impression.

So while we will have to grit our teeth and accept losing one of them, it at least won’t be both. That really would seem like just giving up on that whole “winning ” business.

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