A source close to the player told Belgian sport magazine Knack that it was down to the Chelsea or Man Utd who he would join.

Hazard apparently chose Chelsea because he was persuaded that "the boring football is over."

That, despite just a week or so earlier Chelsea winning the Champions League with that boring football under Roberto di Matteo, having fired Andre Villas Boas - who had tried to play a more expansive style of football.