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Eden Hazard has delivered a crushing blow to Manchester City and Manchester United by announcing he is joining Chelsea.

The European champions were contesting with Premier League’s big two to sign the 21-year-old left-sider.

But after weeks of titillation and game-playing on Twitter, the Belgian prodigy has finally confirmed he is leaving Lille to become part of the next stage of the Chelsea revolution.

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Hazard tweeted: "I'm signing for the Champions League winner."

Roman Abramovich has sanctioned a £32million five-year deal worth £4.8m per season for Hazard, who had teed up his decision with a lunchtime tweet, in English and French as he said: “Good afternoon guys. I made up my mind and will reveal this afternoon. See you later. Thanks.”

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Despite unsubstantiated reports that Hazard had left Belgium’s squad to fly to London and put pen to paper, he trained with new coach Marc Wilmots’ side on Monday night.

Hazard tweeted: "I'm signing for the Champions League winner."

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Hazard is due to stay with the Belgians until they all jet to the UK on Friday ahead of the weekend Wembley friendly with England.

He will then have his medical at Chelsea and complete the terms of his move to SW6.

Reacting to Monday's developments, a Chelsea spokesman said: "As with all transfers, when we have something to announce, we will announce it in the usual way."

While they were waiting for Hazard to finally make up his mind, Chelsea, who are also closing in on Porto’s £35m-rated Brazilian striker Hulk, confirmed that Munich hero Petr Cech has signed a new four year contract, tying him to the Blues until 2016.

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If you want to know why Hazard is rated so highly, read this excellent appraisal by French football expert Andrew Gibney