The Premier League summer transfer window opened just after midnight GMT on Thursday, and it promises to be a busy summer for all of the leading clubs. Who will arrive and who will leave before the 2019-20 season kicks off on Aug. 10?
We point out the players whose will-they, won’t-they transfer sagas could drag on until the final minutes of the window.
— Transfer window: When does it open and close?
— Grades: Tracking every big summer signing

David De Gea
The Spain No. 1 is stalling on a new…

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Eden Hazard was dropped to the bench as Chelsea finished third in a low-key draw at the King Power Stadium.

Julien Laurens explains why Chelsea and Real Madrid think they are in a position of leverage against the other in the potential sale of Eden Hazard.
LEICESTER — Eden Hazard said he has decided his future and is waiting for Chelsea to act on his wishes after making what is likely to be his final Premier League appearance for the club against Leicester City.

Despite starting on the bench at the King Power Stadium, Hazard’s name was sung all afternoon by the travelling Chelsea supporters, several of whom held up a banner urging him to spurn interest from Real Madrid and stay at the club.

Sources told ESPN FC this week that Hazard wants Chelsea…

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Shaka Hislop and Alejandro Moreno wonder if the best team made it through to the Europa League final between Eintracht Frankfurt and Chelsea.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek speaks exclusively to ESPN about how Eden Hazard’s relaxed nature in training translates to matches.
LONDON — Eden Hazard won a trio of individual prizes at Chelsea’s end-of-season awards as the Belgian looks likely to join Real Madrid in the summer.

In addition to winning Goal of the Season for his sublime solo run and finish against Liverpool at Anfield in September, Hazard was also named the Players’ Player of the Year and the Yokohama Player of the Year, awarded by Chelsea’s primary shirt sponsor.

Callum Hudson-Odoi was voted Young Player of the Year despite seeing his breakthrough season…

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Mark Donaldson and Shaka Hislop look at how Chelsea’s starting XI should look after their appeal against a two-window transfer ban was rejected by FIFA.

After Chelsea guaranteed themselves Champions League football with a win over Watford, the FC crew examine the overall success of their season.
Eden Hazard wants his desired summer move to Real Madrid finalised as soon as possible but Chelsea are determined not to sell him for below his market value, sources have told ESPN FC.
Reports in Spain have claimed that Madrid want to unveil Hazard — who is set to make his final Stamford Bridge appearance as a Chelsea player against Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday — on June 2, the day after the Champions League final, as they attempt to shift supporter focus from a disappointing season to their…

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Once upon a time, when a club found its superstar player linked with a move to a bigger club, they used to repeat the same refrain: “We are not a selling club.”
It was always a particularly meaningless phrase; every club is a selling club at the right price, not least in this era of player power. It’s not even worth pretending anymore. When Barcelona are effectively forced to sell Neymar, and Real Madrid are effectively forced to sell Cristiano Ronaldo, even European football’s two big beasts are…

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Eden Hazard is one of the Chelsea stars modelling their new home kit for the 2018-19 season.
Chelsea have unveiled their new home kit for the 2019-20 season, and, in the most polite phrasing possible, it’s likely to split opinion.
It’s blue — no major surprise there — but it’s also covered in a motif reminiscent of that which you’d see on the seats of the London bus than runs past Stamford Bridge.
Eden Hazard has been charged with modelling the new shirt — along with teammates Cesar Azpilicueta and Ethan Ampadu — though there’s a strong chance it might be enough to finally convince…

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Craig Burley and Frank Leboeuf feel both Eden Hazard and Chelsea would benefit from Hazard moving to Real Madrid.

The transfer window for Europe’s biggest clubs is closed, but you can click here to review all the deals. Transfer Talk will continue to scour the world’s media and set correspondents loose to see what’s on the agenda for the summer.

TOP STORY: Hazard makes Chelsea U-turn

It’s a story that rarely has been off the Transfer Talk pages since January, and now Eden Hazard has decided to further muddy the waters by dropping a hint that he could actually stay at Stamford Bridge next season.

The…

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