Hazard also said if he was to ever leave the west London club, it would only be as a Premier League champion.
Eden Hazard said he was eager to recapture the form he displayed in Chelsea's title-winning 2014-15 campaign to help the club recover from the disappointments of last season and bring the Premier League trophy back to Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea
launched one of the worst defences of the league title in living memory
last campaign, finishing 10th in the final table 31 points behind
champions Leicester City.
"I
want to be the best, like I was two seasons ago. I said -- after the
season like this -- I wanted to stay at Chelsea because I didn't want to
finish like this," Hazard told British media.
The
Belgian winger's 14 goals helped Chelsea become the English champions
for the fifth time in 2015 and earnt him England's Footballer of the
Year and the Players' Player of the Year awards.
The goals, however, dried up last season for the 25-year-old, who netted just four times in the league.
"We've
got to show to everybody we are Chelsea, we're big players, we're a big
team and we didn't finish in a good place last season. Now we want to
do better and win the Premier League. We need to do this," Hazard said.
Hazard also said if he was to ever leave the west London club, it would only be as a Premier League champion.
"When
I was in France (with Lille), I finished my last game with a hat-trick
and that was a good time to leave. And if I must leave one day, I hope I
can finish good here and be a champion again," he added.
New
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has already strengthened his squad with
two big-money signings in striker Michy Batshuayi and midfielder N'Golo
Kante.
Conte will begin his tenure in England with a London derby against West Ham United at Stamford Bridge on Aug. 15.
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