DEMBELE :HAZARD ENVIOUS OF SPURS

MOUSA DEMBELE claims Belgian team-mate Eden Hazard is envious of Tottenham. The Chelsea playmaker said he does not want their capital rivals to win the title and is backing Leicester — who the Blues face on the final day of the season. But midfielder Dembele hit back: “I am surprised at what Eden has said. “He is not the type of person to normally make those types of comments or to envy other people’s success.” Eden Hazard said he does not want Spurs to win the Premier League and is backing Leicester The duo could come face to face tonight and Dembele, 28, has vowed to have a word with Hazard. He added: “I’m wondering whether he said that stuff because it is what he really thinks, or whether he was just talking for the sake of it. “Tottenham play some of the most attractive football in the Premier League — we have a beautiful style of play. “But I won’t pay too much heed to his comments and those from Cesc Fabregas, who has said similar things. Hazard is Dembele's Belgian team-mate Dembele said he will not let Hazard's comments affect international duty “People come up to me in the street and say ‘Did you hear what Hazard said? What’s his problem?’ “I will have a word with Eden before the game, although I will make a joke of it. I won’t conduct a half-hour interview with him. “I am convinced he didn’t think about what he said. “It won’t have a bearing on y relationship in the Belgium national side, though. Dembele admits if Spurs were offered fourth spot at the start of the season they would have taken it “But he has motivated us well for Monday. We want to show Chelsea why we are ahead of them in the table. “We don’t need motivating in any case for a game against Chelsea. “We want to finish above them. But I don’t take a malicious pleasure from it — both Eden and myself want to write our own stories rather than focusing on others.” Dembele admits Leicester are the people’s champions, with seemingly the whole nation urging them to cross the finish line He said: “The nearer we get to the end of the season the more we can feel that the atmosphere is changing. “Last Monday I could feel that West Brom preferred us not to win the title as well. It is bizarre. “Leicester don’t stop winning, and it is frustrating. Had we been offered second, third or even fourth place before the start of the season we’d have signed up for it with both hands. “But given the way the biggest clubs have failed to rise to the occasion, this has been our chance to win the title.”