Eden Hazard scores 2 goals in Europa League final win, then waves 'goodbye' to Chelsea amid $132 million Real Madrid transfer

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Eden Hazard scores past the Arsenal FC goalkeeper Petr Cech.

• Eden Hazard was directly involved in three goals during Chelsea FC's dominant UEFA Europa League final win over Arsenal on Wednesday.
• He used the platform after the match to tell the world that it may well have been his last in a Chelsea jersey.
• This is because he is reportedly on the cusp of transferring to La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid.
• The deal will be worth approximately $132 million.
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Eden Hazard scored two goals and created another in a dominant Europa League final win over Arsenal, but said after the game it will likely be his last as a Chelsea FC player.

Hazard has long been linked with a high-profile move to Real Madrid.

In 2017, he said he'd consider a move to the Santiago Bernabeu team, appeared to issue a come-and-get-me-plea after excelling with Belgium at the 2018 FIFA World Cup last summer, and has once again used a significant platform to let the world know he is willing to leave West London.

Against Arsenal, at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Hazard produced five dribbles, returned an 87% passing accuracy, tallied five goalscoring opportunities for his teammates, and scored two goals from three shots. He was, by far, the best player on the pitch.

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But after the game he confirmed it was "goodbye."

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Hazard.

"I think it's a goodbye, but in football you never know," he told BT Sport. "My dream was to play in the Premier League, I did this for seven years for one of the biggest clubs in the world. So now maybe it's time for a new challenge."

The new challenge Hazard may be speaking of, is a transfer to Real, as the Spanish tabloid publication AS recently reported that the player would be unveiled as a Madridista next week.

Earlier in the month, Goal.com reported that the transfer fee would be approximately $132 million.

Madrid has also been linked with moves for Paris Saint-Germain pair Kylian Mbappe and Neymar.