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Chelsea's Hazard insists he is not a top-5 player…yet

Eden Hazard believes he has not quite reached 'top-five' status in terms of individual world football ratings.

The Chelsea star has been likened to Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo in recent times but he believes he is not yet even in the top five.

"I'm not a top-five player yet. Maybe I am close to it, but I still have to work on some aspects," Hazard said.

"You can only be part of that group if you are [consistently] decisive in the top games like I was against Manchester City and Arsenal.

"Who are better than me? The two extra-terrestrials; Ronaldo and Messi, and Ibrahimovic, Ribery and Robben. They make the difference in almost every game."

The 23-year old Belgian midfielder has had a solid start to the 2014/15 Premier League season with two goals in seven starts for the table-topping Blues.

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