Today's Sport News: Time to leave Chelsea, Eden Hazard tells Kevin De Bruyne

Time to leave Chelsea, Eden Hazard tells Kevin De Bruyne

CHELSEA forward Eden Hazard has warned Kevin De Bruyne that he needs to quit Chelsea in order to maintain his burgeoning international career.              

Chelsea's Kevin De Bruyne has been told to look elsewhere to continue his career [GETTY]

De Bruyne has struggled to feature for Chelsea this season, with Jose Mourinho storming out of a press conference in September over questions about the Belgium star being dropped.

And Hazard - who recently clashed with Mourinho after missing training due to a passport gaffe - has told his club and country team-mate to move on for his own good.

De Bruyne is a key part of the Belgium side that has qualified for next year's World Cup in Brazil, but has seen his performances dip since returning to Stamford Bridge this summer after a loan spell at Bundesliga outfit Werder Bremen.

"For sure, playing at a World Cup without having been in action for a year, I think that's very difficult," said Hazard.

Hazard wants De Bruyne to move on in order to keep up his form for Belgium [GETTY]
If we want to get the best out of Kevin, I think that it's best if he leaves

Eden Hazard

"I think for him that leaving and playing, that would be good.

"If we want to get the best out of Kevin, I think that it's best if he leaves.

De Bruyne, 22, has already been linked with a return to Germany during the January transfer window.by the time the World Cup kicks off in June.

His Belgium coach Marc Wilmots has also told the winger to leave Chelsea in search of regular football.