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Chelsea ace earns this much a week: Blues paid £4.5m less than thought for his services
CHELSEA may have picked up a bargain when they signed Eden Hazard.
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Originally it was widely thought that Chelsea signed the Belgian playmaker in 2012 for a fee of £32.5m from Lille.
However, it seems they got him for much less than that.
A leak reported by Belgian paper Le Soir claim Chelsea paid just £28m for his services.
Eden Hazard earns around £200,000 a week
Eden Hazard cost Chelsea £4.5m less than originally thought
The 2015 Player of the Year is also handsomely paid.
The same paper also suggest Hazard earns a £200,000-a-week contract.
Antonio Conte will be hoping for his ninth league win on the trot against West Brom
Hazard has rediscovered his form this campaign and guided his side to the top of the Premier League table.
Antonio Conte’s men, who secured their eighth consecutive league win against Manchester City last Saturday, face West Brom next on Sunday.
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