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Brighton's Gaetan Bong warns Eden Hazard: 'I'm coming, I'm coming!'

Brighton left-back Gaetan Bong is hoping to line up against Chelsea winger Eden Hazard next season following his side's promotion to the Premier League, telling the Belgium international: "I'm coming!"

Hazard has been linked with a summer move to Real Madrid, with fresh reports claiming the Spanish club are prepared to offer Chelsea £100 million for his services.

However, Cameroon international Bong wants the former Lille man to remain at Stamford Bridge so that he can try to stop a familiar face next season.

"I'm waiting for Eden Hazard," Bong told Brighton's official website. "He's a friend and someone I am used to playing with in France. I don't know if he'll be at Chelsea, but if he's still there, I'm telling him 'I'm coming, I'm coming!'"

Bong kept Hazard quiet the last time they faced each other in 2011, when his Valenciennes side held Lille to a 0-0 draw in Ligue 1.

Bong committed his future to Brighton for another year after signing a new 12-month contract with the club on Tuesday.