Maurizio Sarri has told Chelsea that it is "time to decide" the future of Eden Hazard for the good of the club.
Hazard's deal expires in 2020 and he has yet to sign an extension despite aggressive attempts from Chelsea.
Hazard has been offered a contract worth more than £300,000 per week.
Hazard has made no secret of his desire to one day play for Real Madrid.
“I think that it’s time to decide,” Sarri said. “Will I sit down with him? No, because I don’t have the power to do this. I am the coach, I am not the president. I am not in charge of the market. I want to speak to him only about his position on the pitch. We have to solve this problem if we want to program the future.”
Hazard has been used as a false nine recently, but he has been clear he wants to move back to the left wing.
“I cannot see the problem of Hazard in this role – he played four matches [there] and scored three goals and made two assists,” Sarri said. “I am really very happy with him in this position because he is very able to score, first of all; very able to open spaces for teammates and very able to come to play with teammates.
“At the moment I am very happy with him in this position. In the future, he can play also as a winger, of course. I don’t know if he prefers to play as a winger but if he is able to play like in the last match in the centre, for me it’s not a problem to put him in the center.”