Chelsea announce Belgian deal done! – Magician teases next move amid Blues links – £60M ace tempted by move?

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Former Chelsea defender Glen Johnson thinks that Reece James will be tempted by a move to Real Madrid as the speculation continues to ramp up.

James signed a bumper new six-year contract at CHELSEA last year (2022), which nets him a reported wage of £250,000-a-week, and made him one of the highest earners in the club.

However – there was alot of transfer speculation over the summer window that Madrid were very interested in trying to get a deal done for the Englishman, but were unable to convince Chelsea to let him leave Stamford Bridge.

But Spanish publication Nacional claims Perez is ‘convinced’ Real Madrid’s priority next summer ‘must be the incorporation of a right back’ with their ‘trust in Dani Carvajal limited’.

Now, amid all the speculation and rumours – former CHELSEA defender Glen Johnson thinks that James will be tempted by a move to Real Madrid as the speculation continues to ramp up.

“Maybe Chelsea made him captain because of Real Madrid’s interest in him,” Johnson told GGRecon.

“Any player’s going to be interested in joining Real Madrid and anybody who says they’re not are lying. I’m not necessarily saying that I believe Reece wants to leave the club, but I believe he would be interested in the move because the Galácticos wanting you is a very flattering thing.

“Reece obviously loves Chelsea and I believe it would be a very tough decision for him to leave. If the club wants to compete with the best teams in the world, then you can’t allow your best players to move to Real Madrid.”

But while James has had a tough time of late because of injuries, he is arguably one of the best full-backs in the world when fully fit, and is a man that Mauricio Pochettino obviously has big things in mind for.

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Look, CHELSEA do not need to sell the man, they do not need to cash in so if Madrid come calling, it will be James that has to force a move if he wants to go.

But considering he is now captain of the club, we cannot see that happening.

HAZARD TEASES – 

Eden Hazard could be ready to bring his stellar football career to an end after hinting that the time has come to ‘enjoy life’, amid links of a free move to CHELSEA.

After becoming a real icon at Stamford Bridge and one of the best players in world football, Eden Hazard decided to make the move to Real Madrid and hopefully take his game to that next level at the Spanish giants.

Hazard coming back to England?

But blighted by injuries and fitness issues, he only made 76 appearances for Los Blancos and could not discover the form which helped him become such a dominant force in the Premier League and a real source of goals for Chelsea.

After mutual agreement was reached with the La Liga outfit, Hazard left the Bernabeu in the summer, a year before his contract was due to expire and has been linked with moves all over the world

He has reportedly been offered contracts from clubs in Belgium, France, Saudi Arabia and the MLS. He was even linked with a possible move back to CHELSEA on a free deal, which got social media going crazy with speculation and rumours.

But a new documentary about the Belgian national team featuring Hazard, suggests that the 32-year-old could be about to call it a day.