eden hazard believes his belgian compatriot kevin de bruyne is good enough to play in the chelsea first team despite being rejected by jose mourinho last season the chelsea manager decided to sell de bruyne to bundesliga club wolfsburg during the january 2014 transfer window after concluding there was no place for him in the first team at stamford bridge but de bruyne, 23, has flourished in germany, scoring nine goals and contributing 16 assists in the bundesliga this season, and hazard has hinted that mourinho made a misjudgement kevin de bruyne has been in top form this season, scoring nine goals and creating 16 more for wolfsburg  de bruyne's former chelsea team mate eden hazard believes he was good enough for the chelsea team  de bruyne pictured playing for chelsea in august 2013, a few months before he was sold to wolfsburg  speaking ahead of belgium's euro 2016 qualifier with cyprus on saturday night, hazard told l'equipe: 'he is a great player mourinho decided to let him go and not play him 'it was not my decision, even though i know very well that he could play at chelsea because he has tremendous qualities 'i think at chelsea, you have more pressure than wolfsburg it's a shame he's gone but he'll have a successful career' jose mourinho decided that there was no place in the chelsea team for de bruyne and sold him last year  de bruyne arrives for a belgium training session alongside aston villa striker christian benteke  de bruyne has been linked with a summer move away from wolfsburg with bayern munich and manchester city among those interested belgium have ground to make up in qualifying group b they currently lie fourth behind israel, wales and cyprus with only the top two assured of a place at the finals in france
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de bruyne was sold by chelsea to wolfsburg in january 2014  jose mourinho concluded there was no place for belgian in first team  but de bruyne has been excellent for bundesliga side this season  hazard has suggested his former chelsea team mate was good enough  belgium face cyprus in euro 2016 qualifier on saturday night  click here for the latest chelsea news 