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Eden Hazard will struggle to repeat 2014/15 achievements, according to Tony Cascarino

Player of the year Eden Hazard will find it hard to reproduce the same levels for Chelsea in 2015/16, says Tony Cascarino.

The Belgian forward picked up the PFA and Football Writers’ awards after a stellar campaign for the Premier League champions.

Hazard was a key figure in the title win, weighing in with 14 goals and nine assists for the Blues, but Cascarino says it would be a surprise if the 24-year-old can replicate his 2014/15 form, let alone improve on it.

“I don’t know if he can get better,” Cascarino told Sky Sports. “More goals? Maybe. But his work rate was phenomenal and he was defensively brilliant for the team.

“He’s only going to get better by what his stats say but I don’t think I saw him have a poor game. There were a couple of average games but you’d take that over the course of the season.

“He really stood out for me and rightly won the player of the year awards. We often look at players and say ‘is he ever going to reach that level again?’ Normally the answer is no they don’t. Not everyone can be like Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi."

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Eden Hazard gives his reaction after being named the Professional Footballers’ Association player of the year

However, the former Stamford Bridge striker says if Hazard can repeat his 14/15 levels, the title will be Chelsea's without a doubt.

“If he can emulate what he’s done, it will come with a Premier League title,” he said. “If he matches it again, Chelsea will be very effective. But it will be difficult for him to get near that again.

"He’ll still be good – but he was destroying people at times last season.”

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