Chelsea are ready to reject approaches from Real Madrid and Barcelona for Eden Hazard and are confident they can hold on to their star man for at least another season.

But the Blues may tell Thibaut Courtois than he can move back to Spain after the goalkeeper claimed he has proved that he is worth more than the £200,000-a-week contract that was on offer.

Hazard appeared to put his Stamford Bridge future in doubt by claiming, on the back of a superb World Cup, that the time might be right to move on. He also hinted that he wants to move to Real.

There are serious doubts, however, over whether Real could match Chelsea’s valuation of Hazard that stands over the £200 million world record fee Paris Saint-Germain paid for Neymar.

And with the transfer window shutting in just over three weeks, on August 9, Chelsea are adamant they do not want to sell Hazard and are planning for him to start the Premier League season with them.