Thibaut Courtois believes the club need Eden Hazard firing all cylinders for the battle for La Liga title.
Hazard has struggled with injuries this season having participated in just 15 games this season.
Eden was injured before the league was suspended due to the pandemic and has used the last three months to recover from the injury.
Real Madrid are just two points behind league leaders Barcelona with 11 games left to play and fans will be hoping Hazard is fit to play from the first match.
Real Madrid and Belgium goalkeeper has now provided an update on his fellow countryman saying: “Hazard is just fine. The rhythm he has is surprising, but we have to go bit by bit.
“We can’t expect him to be on top form without playing. I think he’s in shape and we’ll need him to fight for the title.”
Madrid had only won one of their last four La Liga games prior to the league’s postponement due to the Covid-19 crisis in March.
Real Madrid are looking to win the league and are fully focused on that.
“We can’t wait for the league to begin again and start the battle to win it,” Courtois said as Madrid prepare to play behind closed doors.
“It’ll be different [without fans],” added Courtois. “It’s great when there is an atmosphere – even when you are playing away from home and it’s against you. It gives you adrenaline and it’s something which motivates me to pull off more saves. I’ll be just as motivated without the fans there.”
Real Madrid will be playing the La Liga games at Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano the club’s training ground and Courtiois thinks that will only motivate them more playing in a stadium named after the legend.
“I don’t think it will work against us [playing away from the Bernabeu],” Courtois said. “It’s an honour to play at a stadium named after a legend – the best player in Real Madrid history.
“For the history of the club, it would be very nice to win the league there. The training sessions we have had there have been going well and I can’t see us having any problems playing there.”
