Real Madrid Transfer News: Eden Hazard, Alvaro Morata Swap Reported, Top Rumours

Real Madrid are reportedly preparing to use Alvaro Morata as a pawn in their bid to sign Chelsea winger Eden Hazard.

According to the Mirror's Darren Lewis, Chelsea are "bracing themselves for a £75 million move" from Los Blancos for the Belgium international, which will include a £35 million offer plus the £40 million-rated Morata.

Lewis added that Real manager Zinedine Zidane is a "massive admirer" of Hazard, a claim that Bleacher Report's Dean Jones also made when he predicted in January that the Chelsea man would be the Frenchman's first major signing as Real boss:

Real recently activated their buyback clause on Morata to bring him back from Juventus for €30 million (£23 million).

Rather than keeping him at the Santiago Bernabeu to fight for a place in the starting XI, Real are now reportedly looking to sell him on after his two good seasons at Juve made him one of Europe's most coveted young strikers, per Sky Sports.

Per Lewis, Chelsea are one of a number of clubs interested in signing Morata, 23, even though they are set to imminently seal a deal for Olympique de Marseille striker Michy Batshuayi.

The striker situation at Stamford Bridge is such that they need to sign at least two top-class strikers over the summer, as Diego Costa is the only proven out-and-out forward they have on their books.

This could work massively in Real's favour as they pursue Hazard, given that Morata would be an excellent signing for Chelsea and could, at least partially, solve their attacking problems.

Hazard, 25, had a terrible 2015-16 campaign with Chelsea, failing to score a Premier League goal until April, when the Blues had already been condemned to mid-table anonymity, per WhoScored.com.

However, at Euro 2016 with the Belgian national side, he is proving just how devastating he can be—most recently in the Red Devils' 4-0 drubbing of Hungary in the round of 16, per Squawka:

An in-form Hazard playing alongside the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo—whom he would surely succeed in the long term at the Bernabeu—and Gareth Bale would be devastating.

Chelsea will be loath to let him go, but given that Real have Morata to use as a bargaining chip, the Liga side may well be able to sign the Belgian star this summer.