Chelsea want Coutinho to replace Hazard

Chelsea want Coutinho to replace Hazard (Independent)

If Eden Hazard ends up leaving Chelsea to 

play for Real Madrid, Roman Abramovich 

wants Barcelona's Philippe Coutinho to

replace him, per the Independent.

Chelsea have already signed Borussia 

Dortmund winger Christian Pulisic but they

 would look to spend some of their 

transfer haul on Coutinho.

Madrid will not pay the 250 million euros 

Chelsea want but they could reach a deal 

with Hazard's contract expiring in 2020. 

They could barter Chelsea down to 100m 

euros.

Meanwhile Barca's most expensive 

signing is not performing as they wanted 

and in the Clasico on Wednesday he had 

one of his worst games since joining. 

Malcom was the surprise pick in the XI 

and outperformed Coutinho.

Losing the quality of Hazard could be a 

problem but Chelsea are thinking about 

Coutinho's fine performances for 

Liverpool 

and believe he could be a good signing.