Football transfer rumours: Eden Hazard to join Real Madrid?

Today’s fluff is still taking it all in

Florentino Pérez has not had time to sign off Cristiano Ronaldo’s £88m move to Juventus, for he has been scouting Russia high and low in search of his next golden galáctico. With one heading out the door for Juventus, another one must arrive at Real Madrid and the club’s president reckons he’s identified his man: Eden Hazard. In fact, he has supposedly reserved the No 7 shirt and a parking spot by the same number at the club’s Ciudad training complex for the Belgium forward; no half measures, clearly, as Real ready themselves to roll out the red carpet.

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