Eden Hazard can win the Ballon d'Or according to former team-mate Yohan Cabaye, who labelled the Belgian the best player he has played with.
The pair are both graduates of Ligue 1 club Lille's youth system, and spent four years together in the first team there before Cabaye moved to Newcastle in 2011, with Hazard switching to Chelsea a season later.
Now in his seventh season at Stamford Bridge, Hazard has won two Premier League titles and the FA Cup with the club, as well as the 2013-14 PFA Players' Player of the Year.
And after a blistering start to the season, which has seen the 27-year-old net eight goals in 11 games, Cabaye has backed Hazard to take his seat at the top table.
Cabaye told Sportsmail: 'Eden, even back at Lille, he was a young player but he still had that quality that made him so special.
'I would say he is the best I have played with. He has so much quality and you see that every time he plays.
'He has the capacity of course to win the Ballon d'Or, he can be a winner in the future if he keeps it up.'