6 players Chelsea could replace Eden Hazard with

#4 – Gareth Bale

Bale has already spent years tormenting Premier League defenses, including Chelsea's

Perpetually linked with a move away since he arrived in Madrid, Bale has now slipped behind Lucas Vasquez and Vinicius Junior in the pecking order. Hazard’s arrival would probably, not possibly, be the death knell for the Welshman’s time at the Bernabeu.

How clean then would it be if Bale then formed part of the deal for Hazard. Lest we forget, Bale remains the player who scored that overhead kick in the Champions League final last year; the player who at times in his final season in England, looked like an older brother toying with his younger sibling’s friends.

If Chelsea can get Bale fit, and keep him fit, as well as the cash Madrid would inevitably also offer, this deal could see them replacing the most dominant attacking force in English football with the most dominant attacking force in English football.

He's capable of playing through the middle, freeing up the wings for Willian and Pulisic, or either wing, leaving Chelsea with the money to recruit Higuain or another permanent striker.