Sources close to the negotiations told AS that Madrid will make what they expect to be their definitive offer today, Thursday.
Today is the key day in the transfer of Eden Hazard to Real Madrid.
According to sources involved in the operation to bring the Belgian player to the Spanish capital, Madrid will this Thursday make Chelsea an offer that they believe will be definitive, and convince Chelsea to sell. The player will be kept up to date on the talks between the two clubs. He wants to travel to Madrid as soon as possible and if everything goes according to plan, he aims to arrive in Spain on Saturday.
Madrid convinced today is the day
Real Madrid bosses have been in touch with Hazard over the past two weeks to settle his nerves about the deal and convince him that Chelsea will accept the offer they are going to make today. In spite of this, the Belgian's inner circle expressed some doubts yesterday - their relationship with Marina Granovskaia, the director of Chelsea, is good, but she is still known to be a fierce negotiator.
What's more, Chelsea have a reason not to sell, as unless they are given a reprieve by the Court of Arbitration for Sport they will be unable to sign players in the next transfer window due to the FIFA sanction. However, there's another factor that may prove more decisive: Hazard's contract finishes in the summer of June 2020, and if he doesn't leave now, he'll leave for free next year.