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Eden Hazard Says Players 'Need to Be Selfish' to Win Ballon D'Or

Chelsea talisman Eden Hazard has suggested he may not have what it takes to win the Ballon d'Or after saying "you need to be selfish" in order to win the biggest individual prize in football.

Speaking to BBC Sport presenter Gabby Logan, Hazard spoke of his father's comments to him when he was young, asserting that he was too selfless to win the Ballon d'Or:

"He always told me that. Maybe it's true. I think, in football now, if you want to win something like the Ballon d'Or or [to be the] top-scorer, you need to be selfish.