Chelsea player of the year Eden Hazard has credited last summer’s big signings Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa with helping him to take his game to the next level.

The Belgian winger’s victory in the club honours adds to an impressive personal campaign in which he triumphed in both the Football Writers’ Association and PFA awards for footballer of the year. However Hazard believes the new Spanish signings and Nemanja Matic have raised his level.

"When you play with big players you feel better,” he told the club website. “I also think Nemanja is very important for the team. I know when I play with him I can focus more on the attacking part of my game because he is always behind me. If I can’t get back at a certain time, he is there to cover.

"With Diego, you know you don’t always need to get so far forward because he is always there; you just have to try to create something for him.

Chelsea's Eden Hazard on... 5 show all Chelsea's Eden Hazard on... 1/5 ...what he loves to do most after a big game Sometimes I drink a little bit of champagne at home with my family and I will watch the game again, one where I have had a really good performance. I like to hear the praise from the commentators! IAN KINGTON/AFP/Getty Images 2/5 ...seeing Ronaldo’s and Messi’s games on TV I don’t watch them as part of my learning process, I watch out of pleasure because I enjoy football. I enjoy the spectacle that Messi brings with his play and the spectacle Cristiano brings with his goals. GETTY 3/5 ...on Barcelona Barcelona are still the best team around and are maybe on another level. The way they play is a beautiful game, it is a super style of football. But I think in the first half of the season, in certain games, we had some fantastic moves. We created great play and scored great goals. Maybe we are not quite at that level, maybe a step below, but we were not so far away. In the second half of the season, things got a little bit tougher for us, but we are certainly getting there. 4/5 The Champions League since Chelsea’s exit When I do get to watch it, things will go through my mind like ‘we should have done this or that’ and ‘that should be us playing’. Almost in a kind of anger and frustration, I decide sometimes I’m not going to watch it. Sometimes I will switch the TV off or turn the sound down. Getty 5/5 what it took to win the League this season.. To win a title you have to all work really hard. We have done that to get to where we are today. To be champions you also need a little bit of luck. For example, compared to other teams, we have had a fairly injury-free season. If you can remain free of injuries in the squad, it can strengthen your case. GETTY 1/5 ...what he loves to do most after a big game Sometimes I drink a little bit of champagne at home with my family and I will watch the game again, one where I have had a really good performance. I like to hear the praise from the commentators! IAN KINGTON/AFP/Getty Images 2/5 ...seeing Ronaldo’s and Messi’s games on TV I don’t watch them as part of my learning process, I watch out of pleasure because I enjoy football. I enjoy the spectacle that Messi brings with his play and the spectacle Cristiano brings with his goals. GETTY 3/5 ...on Barcelona Barcelona are still the best team around and are maybe on another level. The way they play is a beautiful game, it is a super style of football. But I think in the first half of the season, in certain games, we had some fantastic moves. We created great play and scored great goals. Maybe we are not quite at that level, maybe a step below, but we were not so far away. In the second half of the season, things got a little bit tougher for us, but we are certainly getting there. 4/5 The Champions League since Chelsea’s exit When I do get to watch it, things will go through my mind like ‘we should have done this or that’ and ‘that should be us playing’. Almost in a kind of anger and frustration, I decide sometimes I’m not going to watch it. Sometimes I will switch the TV off or turn the sound down. Getty 5/5 what it took to win the League this season.. To win a title you have to all work really hard. We have done that to get to where we are today. To be champions you also need a little bit of luck. For example, compared to other teams, we have had a fairly injury-free season. If you can remain free of injuries in the squad, it can strengthen your case. GETTY

"Cesc is the same, you just have to connect with him when he has the ball, so it’s always good to play with big players. We have a lot of big players in our team."

Hazard celebrated his first title in England this season and said that it was “much tougher” than his Ligue 1 wins with Lille. "In every game you have to fight until the end so it’s not the same feeling," Hazard added. "I respect every team but this season we were the best. When you go on holiday and you can say you are the champions it’s an enjoyable feeling."

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