Rumored Real Madrid transfer target insists his kids are settled in London

Rumored Real Madrid transfer target this summer Eden Hazard insists that he is happy in London.

Hazard has had a brilliant 2016/17 season with Chelsea under Antonio Conte as the blues are the current table toppers in Premier League and are in the semifinals of the FA Cup.

Eden Hazard regained his excellent form back this season after a disappointing last season under Jose Mourinho and has therefore attracted the attention of Los Blancos.

Hazard is reportedly valued at £100m and even Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has echoed his praise for the Belgian International at times.

Despite all the link-up rumours Hazard has told in an interview to Chelsea website that he is happy in London.

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"Maybe I will in Belgium, to be close to the family or else I could go somewhere with nice weather," he told the Chelsea website when asked where he will be after retirement.

"My kids are very settled in London so it could be here - that's a long way off yet, so we will see."

Eden Hazard has been in sublime form this season as he has netted 11 times in 26 league appearances.

Chelsea are currently 10 points clear of second placed Tottenham Hotspur.

5 star Arsenal rout West Ham as Alexis stole the show, and other Premier league results

Saturday saw a lot of goals in the premier league, it all started with Chelsea as they came from behind to beat Manchester City and extend their run to 8 straight premier league wins.

Manchester City took the lead right at the end of first half through a Gary Cahill own goal. In the 2nd half City could have been 2-3 goals up, had they have taken their chances as Kevin De Bruyne came closest to double the lead but his effort came off the crossbar from 2-3 yards out.

Chelsea didn't look back after this as Diego Costa(60'),  substitute Willian(70') and genius Eden Hazard(90') scored goals to punish City at the Etihad.

City finished the game with 9 men as Sergio Aguero was shown red for a horrendous challenge on David Luiz and in the aftermath of the incident, Fernandinho was also sent off for grabbing Cesc Fabregas' neck. It was completely lack of discipline from City players who had a frustrating evening due to some questionable refereeing and the punishment by league leaders Chelsea.

Chelsea stay top of the Premier league while Manchester City lost their first game at home since March. 

Alexis Sanchez stole the show as Arsenal put 5 past the Hammers.

West Ham's miserable season continues as the North London club ran riot.

Arsenal completely dismantled the West Ham defense at Alexis Sanchez was at the heart of it. He grabbed a 14 minute hat-trick un the second half to take the match ball home.

The gunners dominated the game and left no loopholes. With this win Arsenal move above Manchester City to 2nd place, but Liverpool is only a point behind with a match in hand.

Sanchez and Ozil combined to give Arsenal the lead following an error from West Ham defense. Ozil scored his 8th goal of the season.

In the 2nd half Arsenal punished West Ham defense by scoring 4 goals, 3 of them by Sanchez and one brilliant strike from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Andy Carroll scored the goal for West Ham which was nothing but a mere consolation.

Alexis Sanchez, with his treble is now joint top scorer in Premier league this season, with 11 goals. Chelsea's Diego Costa also has 11 goals.

In other results,

Crystal Palace scored 3 against Southampton at Selhurst Park. Christian Benteke scored a brace. It was a much needed win for Palace as they are fighting a relegation battle.

Sunderland defeated defending champions Leicester City at the Stadium of Light. Black Cats won the game 2-1.

Tottenham rout Swanse City 5-0. With braces from Christian Eriksen and Harry Kane. Tottenham, who suffered their first defeat of the season last week at Stamford Bridge at the hands of Chelsea hit back in style.

With this win they keep in touch of top 4.

Stoke City beat Burnley 2-0 at home.

West Bromwich Albion beat Watford 3-1 at home. 

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Results - World Cup Qualifiers

Sunday was a good day for Portugal, Belgium and Netherlands as all were winners.
There was no dearth of goals as all teams look to strengthen their position and thus giving no chance to oppositions.
Big stars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Arjen Robben, Eden Hazard were all in action last night.

UEFA 

Portugal vs Latvia (4-1)

In Group B, Portugal were up against Latvia, Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring from the spot after Nani was brought down in the box in the 28th minute. Portugal earned one more penalty after Andre Gomes was tipped from behind inside the box. And surprisingly Ronaldo missed the penalty, He steps up with typical confidence but his attempt came off the inside of the post, not struck well by his standards. Latvia made Ronaldo and Portugal pay for the miss as Arturs Zjuzins equalised against the run of play in the 67th minute to give Portugal a scare.  

It looked like Latvia's confidence was flowing after the equaliser but William Carvalho scored a minute after to save the blushes of the home side by heading a lovely cross from Ricardo Quaresma, who was brought in as a substitute. Portugal went ahead in the 70th minute.
Portugal sealed victory in the 85th minute and it was another Quaresma cross which Ronaldo volleyed low into the corner and made amends for penalty miss. Cristiano equalled Gerd Muller and Robbie Keane on 68 international goals and is now joint-fourth in Europe's all time list.

Game, set, match for Portugal as Bruno Alves added a fourth heading home a cracking cross from Guerreiro at the back post. Portugal are 2nd placed with 9 points.

Switzerland vs Faroe Islands (2-0)

Group B toppers ran out comfortable winners against 4th placed Faroe Islands. Goals on either side of the half, helped Switzerland making 4 wins out of 4. Eren Drediyok and Stephen Lichtsteiner scored the goals.

 Switzerland sits on top with 12 points.

Hungary vs Andorra (4-0)

Bottom placed Andorra were up against Hungary. Hungary dominated the game in terms of possession and two goals in each half helped them reach 3rd in the table. 

Luxembourg vs Netherlands (1-3)

In Group A encounter, the visitors opened the scoring in 36th minute of the game through Arjen Robben after a lapse in concentration from Luxembourg's defence when they tried playing Robben offside. 

Luxembourg responded bravely and earned a penalty just before half-time to equalise. Maxime Chanot slots past Stekelenburg. Netherlands started second half confidently.

Half-time substitute Memphis Depay scored a bullet header in the 58th minute and in 84th minute score his second goal of the game with a well-taken free kick and saved the visitors.

Bulgaria vs Belarus (1-0)

Bulgaria scored the only goal of the match in the 10th minute. 

France on top in Group A with 10 points. Netherlands and Sweden tied on 7 points but Netherlands ahead on goal difference and sits on 2nd. 

Belgium vs Estonia (8-1)

Belgium run riot in this Group H encounter. Dries Mertens stole the show by having a hand in 4 goals. He scored a brace and set up another two. Belgium were dominant from the start to finish in a deserved victory. Eden Hazard, Yannick Carrasco, Romelu Lukaku all got on the scoresheet. Belgium scored 5 in second half.

With this win Belgium go top in Group H with 12 points.

Greece vs Bosnia-Herzegovina (1-1)

Greece equalised late to earn a point after visitors went ahead in the 32nd minute through an own goal. The match also had two sent-offs as Kyriakos Papadopoulos and Eden Dzeko saw red in the 80th minute. Dzeko questioned his red card after the match. 

Greece with 10 points is 2nd in the table.

Cyprus vs Gibraltar (3-1)

Cyprus comfortably beat bottom placed Gibraltar.

CAF- 3rd round results

Group A- Guinea 1-2 DR Congo

Group E- Egypt 2-0 Ghana


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