Chelsea’s Spanish  midfielder, Cesc Fabregas has urged team mate and Russia 2018 bronze-winning Belgian national team captain, Eden Hazard not to leave the Premier League club amid reports that he is being touted by Real Madrid.

Hazard had during the World Cup revealed he was considering leaving the English giants that he had joined from Lille in 2012.

“I think he’s our best player,” Fabregas said of his team mate after reaching Perth, Australia ahead of the team’s Monday friendly against Perth Glory.

“We are a top club, we want to be a top team, we want to win things, and for that you need your best players. Eden is one of them.

“Everyone loves him — the fans, the club, the players, and we need him. He knows that,” Fabregas added.

Monday’s match is Chelsea’s first under new coach Maurizio Sarri, who has promised an attacking brand of football and Fabregas maintains he cannot not wait to see how the new pattern unfolds.

“It’s a way of football that I believe in, that I really like, that I grew up in this system. For the type of player like myself, we can take a lot of advantage from it,” the 31-year-old added.