Real Madrid are growing frustrated over their failure to agree terms with Chelsea over a deal for Eden Hazard.

Talks between the two clubs began over a month ago for the Belgium international, who has just over a year left on his contract.

As Standard Sport revealed in February, Chelsea want in excess of £100m for the attacking midfielder even though he could leave for free in 2020.

It is believed Real Madrid have made two offers so far which are significantly lower than that as they expected Chelsea to compromise.

However, Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia is showing no sign yet of budging from the west London club’s original asking price.

Real Madrid have had a terrible season in La Liga, which was won comfortably by their fierce rivals Barcelona. They were also knocked out of the Champions League at the last 16 stage.

The La Liga club wanted to finalise terms for Hazard as soon as possible so that they could announce it to the club’s fans and alleviate some of the criticism.

Hazard, who wants to make the move, is expected to end up at the Bernabeu eventually this summer but Chelsea are determined not to sell him on the cheap.

The 28-year-old has recorded his finest Premier League statistics this term having scored recorded a personal best of 15 assists and 16 goals.

He has been a major factor in Chelsea securing a top four finish with a game to spare and qualifying for the Champions League.

However, he’s dismissed the idea this is his greatest season at Chelsea since joining them from Lille for £32m in 2012. Hazard has won the title with Chelsea in 2015 and 2017.

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He said: “For me the best season is when I’m first in the table. I don’t care about statistics. I’m not focused on that, I’m not like this.

“To be fair, it’s not my best season anyway because it was like the team’s. We started well and I started well, then we had ups and downs. It was the same for me as well.

“I think we missed a bit of consistency this season. If we had two, three, four games with this high level of consistency, we could now be second or something.”

Despite a hold-up in negotiations between Real Madrid and Chelsea, Hazard is set to play his final game at Stamford Bridge for the Blues on Thursday night.

Chelsea take on Eintracht Frankfurt in the second leg of their Europa League semi-final having drawn the away leg 1-1.

Winning the competition is the only way the Chelsea squad and coaching staff will be rewarded with a bonus.

Coach Maurizio Sarri has achieved the minimum target set by the board when he was hired last July of qualifying for the Champions League.

But the achievement does not bring any extra financial reward for the group, with Chelsea deciding years ago that only lifting silverware would see extra cash being handed out to divide among them.

Meanwhile, AC Milan are increasingly unlikely to turn midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko’s loan into a permanent deal.

The Serie A club included an option worth around £30m to buy the France international when they agreed a season-long switch last August.

AC Milan were already having second thoughts due to the cost of the transfer despite Bakayoko impressing in recent months.

But relations have soured between Bakayoko and coach Gennaro Gattuso in recent weeks and last night reached a new low when it appeared the player refused to come on as a substitute during AC Milan’s 2-1 win over Bologna.

Gattuso, who is under pressure to keep his job and might be replaced by Sarri, said afterwards: “You must not disrespect the locker room. I will resolve it my way, in private."

Chelsea might want Bakayoko back in the squad for the next campaign anyway. They are still waiting to discover if their appeal to FIFA against a two-window transfer ban will see the punishment delayed or overturned so that they can recruit this summer.