Quote Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe View Post
The blurb I heard was that Hazard and his family were already looking at houses in Madrid and where to send the kids to school so it is pretty much a lock at this point. It is just how much does Chelsea get for him. The guy that was talking about it said that Real Madrid thinks he should be discounted since he only has a year left and wants to leave. The Chelsea side says that he is already house shopping so they need him as soon as possible.
Once players are within the last year of their contract the potential buying club typically tries to get a discounted transfer fee because once they player has less than 6 months on his contract he's allowed to sign anywhere he wants with no transfer fee. Something to note with transfer news, if this is your first time really following it, it seems like even the big established news sources have no problem with reporting pretty much any rumor they come across. You pretty much have to take everything with a grain of salt, its very tabloid-y.