Eden Hazard has denied claims that he is in line to leave Chelsea and join Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain during the off-season.
The Belgium international, who is set to captain his country at Euro 2016 in the absence of Vincent Kompany, struggled for form and fitness with Chelsea during 2015-16.
His troubles were indicative of a wider problem at Stamford Bridge, as the club failed miserably to defend their Premier League title.
Hazard s struggles led some to suggest he could depart Chelsea, with PSG reportedly interested, but the attacker ruled out that possibility.
PSG are not part of my plans, he told TeleFoot. I have a contract until 2020, I feel good here and I don t want to finish on a season like that.
I left Lille as a boss, and I d like to leave Chelsea as a boss, if I do leave one day. But for the time being I m here, of course.
With a difficult domestic campaign behind him, Hazard hopes 2016-17 brings a return to the form he showed in the title-winning season, when he started every match and scored 14 goals.
Everything [in 2015-16] was complicated, it was difficult, Hazard said.
Honestly, for five or six years I d always been at my best and this was the first season where it was more difficult.
But everyone knows that in a career there are highs and lows. For the time being, touch wood, I ve only experienced the highs – except for this season, when it wasn t quite as good.
But it was meant to happen this season. I hope it doesn t happen again next season.
