Eden Hazard may covet the No 10 role but Jose Mourinho remains unmoved that the Belgian's best position is on the left wing.
After a poor start to the campaign, Hazard sparkled as Chelsea's central playmaker in Saturday's win against Norwich.
He told how he had persuaded the manager to give him a chance to operate in his preferred position and would like to stay there.
Eden Hazard would rather play in the No 10 role but his manager Jose Mourinho disagrees with the playmaker
Chelsea midfielder Hazard (pictured with Youssouf Mulumbu) impressed in the No 10 role against Norwich
Premier League champions Chelsea are second in Group G after two wins from their first four games
But Mourinho said: 'I think his best position is the position where last season he was the player of the season.
'There
he can attack defenders more in an individual way. When he gets the
ball it's more about him attacking the right back and the right back is
always in trouble against a player who has his best quality in a
one-against-one.
'When he plays at No 10 he gets into areas where sometimes he is surrounded by teams with two or three players in the same zone.
'Many
times he receives the ball with his back to the opponents and I know he
can turn well but I also know that players can be very aggressive with
him and press him from behind and make lots of fouls like he always had.
'He can do both things. Let's see match after match what we think is the best for him it depends on what we want for the game.'
Mourinho (centre, pictured with his coaching staff) likes to see Hazard take on opposing right backs
The Belgium ace (centre) stretches his muscles along with Kurt Zouma, Nemanja Matic and John Terry
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