Chelsea tell star players including Eden Hazard that they will not be sold this year
Blues defender Andreas Christensen says he has been told the club want to keep their players amid transfer ban and that decision has been 'very difficult to accept'
CHELSEA have told their star players including Eden Hazard that they will NOT be sold this year amid the club's crippling transfer ban.
Blues defender Andreas Christensen, 22, says he has been told the side are desperate to hold onto their current crop after being found guilty of breaching rules on overseas players under the age of 18.
Chelsea were "astonished" after Fifa ruled their transfer ban could not be delayed despite their appeal.
That has raised massive questions over the future of star man Hazard, who it was recently reported had signed a five-year Real Madrid deal worth £270,000-a-week.
But now Christensen, speaking to Danish newspaper , says everyone will be staying put.
He said: "The messages we've got are that Chelsea can't appeal the case and therefore want to keep all the players.
"The situation I have ended up in has been very difficult to accept."
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Hazard has denied reports his Bernabeu switch is sealed.
Speaking ahead of Belgium's Euro 2020 qualifier against Cyprus, the winger reassured Chelsea fans he has not secured his move away from London - yet.
He said: "There's nothing in the reports. I'm only focused on the game against Cyprus.
"That's all I'm thinking about."
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And midfield warrior N'Golo Kante has insisted his future is in West London despite also being linked with Zinedine Zidane's side and Juventus.
The 27-year-old World Cup winner said: "I am at Chelsea and I still have aims here, what is said elsewhere is not important.
"That is not important. I am at Chelsea and I am focused on that."