Hazard can win the ballon d'Or

Eden Hazard has all the attributes required to win the Ballon d'Or, his
Chelsea and Belgium team-mate Thibaut Courtois believes.
Hazard was the star turn in a Chelsea side that achieved a Premier League
and League Cup double last season, scoring 19 goals in all competitions.
The diminutive forward was rewarded for his individual performances by
being named the PFA and Football Writers' Player of the Year.
Barcelona star Lionel Messi and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo have
dominated the prestigious Ballon d'Or accolade in recent times, with one
of the duo having won the award in each of the past seven years.
However, goalkeeper Courtois feels Hazard could muscle his way into the
reckoning in the coming years.
"He's a potential Golden Ball winner. We have to see what Messi and
Ronaldo do, two players who are so good that sometimes I don't think they
give a chance to other players," Courtois told Goal.
"They score so many goals that in this moment it is always one of them
who will win the Ballon d’Or.
"But Eden has the capacity of winning it. This season he was decisive for
us. Maybe he can be sometimes a little bit more, but we followed his lead
to the title."
Courtois finally forced his way into the first team at Stamford Bridge last
term having spent three years on loan at Atletico Madrid, with whom he
won La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Europa League.
And the 23-year-old says he has had to learn to quickly adapt to the
physicality of the Premier League.
"The main difference [between the Premier League and La Liga] is the
intensity of the game. The corners, the free-kicks, the crosses into the box,"
he added.
"There's more pressure on you as a goalkeeper but I think I handle it well
with the technique I have coming for crosses - it's what I learned when I
was young in Belgium.
"I claimed a lot of crosses this season but there's more aerial contact with
strikers and they don't whistle that often for a foul. I had to learn that in the
beginning but I was aware of it and if you are aware of it in the beginning,
you change the chip in your head and you know it will be like that."