Eden Hazard: Chelsea star has one thing Messi and Ronaldo have that makes him ‘unplayable

CHELSEA star Eden Hazard’s change of direction puts him alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the bracket of “unplayable” footballers.

Eden Hazard has one thing that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo has, says Souness (Image: GETTY)

That is according to Sky Sports pundit and legendary Liverpool midfielder Graeme Souness.

Souness was speaking ahead of Chelsea’s Premier League clash with Manchester United this afternoon.

Hazard had scored seven goals in his first eight games of the season before the visit of Jose Mourinho’s side.

The Belgium international has arguably been in the best form of his career, despite serious question marks over his long-term future.

His contract expires in 2020 and he admits it is a dream to play for Real Madrid one day.

Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri claims his star forward is the best in Europe on current form.

And Souness agrees and says Hazard is “unplayable” at times, like Barcelona superstar Messi and Juventus forward Ronaldo.

“He’s one of them, if you’re playing against him, how do you stop him?” Souness said of Hazard.

Eden Hazard has been in sensational form for Chelsea (Image: GETTY)

Souness compared Eden Hazard to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi (Image: GETTY)

“There’s very few players in the history of football you can actually say that about.

“You can try and double up on him, you can try and stop him before he gets going.

“You can point him, you can force him down.

“But he’s got that change of direction that very few people have.

Eden Hazard started for Chelsea against Man Utd today (Image: GETTY)

“Messi has, Ronaldo obviously has.

“It’s unplayable and that’s what makes the great players so very, very special.

“Whatever you set out to do, whatever bear trap you put in front of them, you just can’t stop them.”