Hazard rules out PSG move

Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard has ruled out a move to French giants Paris Saint-Germain.

The Belgium international is under contract at Stamford Bridge until June 2020 but has been repeatedly linked with a move to the Parc des Princes club, and with European champions Real Madrid.

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But the 26-year-old, who joined Chelsea from Lille in a £32m deal in June 2012, says he would only return to French football to play for his former club.

"There are some big clubs, and it was an attractive league even when I played in it six years ago," Hazard told French media company SFR Sport.

"Big stars want to play in Ligue 1, and that is a good thing. But if I am to return it will be to play for Lille – they are my club.

"I still have a career to carve out, with a number of seasons ahead of me."

Hazard, who has scored 72 goals in 251 appearances for the Blues, is expected to make his first start of the season following an ankle injury in Wednesday's Carabao Cup tie against Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge.

And the 2015 PFA Player of the Year feels he has become a better player since Antonio Conte took over as Chelsea manager in the summer of 2016.

"Even after a week I think I had progressed with him," he said.

"'I think he's shown not just at Chelsea but also at Juve that he's a good coach and I think he has some good years ahead of him.

"There's a lot of tactics. 'It's not always nice as a forward as you have to run, defend and everything, but at least at the weekend, you know exactly what to do, you can even close your eyes and play. That's good.

"We work a lot. It's not always easy in training, there are a lot of hours of training, but it bears fruit on the pitch. We play well, we won [the Premier League] last year. You can see that that's the key to success: work."

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