Eden Hazard: If Neymar’s worth €222m I’m worth €1bn

Midfield star targets Champions League
success for Chelsea

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When asked by the Daily Mail what his value would be compared to
Neymar’s €222m fee, Chelsea and Belgium star Hazard joked: “1
billion!… Hahaha – no I am just kidding. No not one billion.
Neymar is a top player, he is Brazilian. I haven’t got an answer
for that one.” 

While he jokes about his own transfer valuation,
one thing that Hazard is deadly serious about is winning
trophies.

The 26-year-old, who won the Premier League
title with the Stamford Bridge club last season, wants Champions
League success but knows it will be difficult because of the
pressures of domestic football in England.

“I think this year will be no different from the
previous years, in the sense that every year it is difficult –
especially when you play in many competitions,” he said. “This year
we have the Champions League as well and it is not easy to succeed
in multiple competitions.

“We just want to win as many trophies as
possible, for me personally I haven’t won the Champions League so
maybe that one would be a little bit more special, but I would
prefer us to win everything.”

With next year’s World Cup now on the horizon
can the star-studded Belgians lift the trophy in Russia? Hazard
says Belgium winning the World Cup will be more difficult than
Chelsea securing back-to-back titles or winning the Champions
League.

“Maybe the World Cup with Belgium is the most
difficult one,” said Hazard. “We haven’t won anything before, so it
would be the first time and maybe that’s why it is more
difficult.

“However, we have got a good team and a good
manager with some interesting young players so everything is
possible. But all the trophies are difficult to win you know, it is
not just about one game – you have to win a lot of games and
everything needs to come together, so we will see but I will do my
best.”