Chelsea playmaker Eden Hazard has hailed Lionel Messi as the ‘greatest ever’ ahead of Tuesday night’s Champions League last-16 tie versus Barcelona. The Blues are due to host the Catalan giants in the first-leg and Hazard is relishing the prospect of putting in a strong performance to help his side progress further in the competition.

The 27-year-old has been compared to the likes of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo owing to his standout performances for Chelsea this term, but speaking in an interview with Sky Sports, Hazard insisted that he is far off from reaching the heights of the former, whom he believes is the greatest ever.
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