BELGIAN Adnan Januzaj is determined to learn from his close friend and compatriot in a bid to become a Premier League sensation after a frustrating year with Sunderland.

Eden Hazard is an international team-mate of the Black Cats forward, although it is an indication of how things have gone for both that they have faced contrasting weeks.

While Januzaj has been waiting to see if he would receive a late call-up to the Belgium squad having been overlooked initially, it would only have been because Hazard has had to withdraw due to injury.

Januzaj has fallen out of favour with his country because of his stuttering form on Wearside, where he has not scored a goal since arriving on a season-long loan from Manchester United last summer.

After last season’s unsuccessful spell at Borussia Dortmund, it is clear the 22-year-old has failed to kick on since his impressive breakthrough campaign at Old Trafford under Moyes when he had a host of countries, including England, looking to field him.

It is in stark contrast to Hazard who, after last season’s awful campaign and his fall-out with Jose Mourinho, has flourished under the guidance of Antonio Conte at Chelsea – and Januzaj will look to use the former Lille man in his own attempts to shine.

“I can learn from him. He has more experience than me,” said Januzaj. “I would say that when you are playing against Chelsea there are more players who can make a difference so it’s harder to track all of them.

“I watch a lot of games in the Premier League when I have free time and that’s where I learn. He is a good friend to me. He is a top player.

“Whenever he has the ball he is dangerous. He is one of the best players in the Premier League, if not the best, he has so much talent now and I know him well.”

Januzaj knows relegation on his CV will not be the ideal way to return to Manchester United in the summer, where he hopes to still have a successful career.

He thinks Sunderland’s more defensive approach under Moyes, mainly due to the league position at the foot of the table, has not helped his own game but he would love to make an impact in the run-in.

Sunderland are ten points shy of safety ahead of the final ten matches and six of those will, crucially, be played in April.

“I have always worked on my set pieces and in training sometimes when I have the chance to do it I take it, hopefully it can help me,” he said. “It is always a plus to score a goal or get an assist and that’s what we need now.

“Six games is a lot in a short space of time and we know they are all coming up soon. We have to try to win as many games as we can, we can’t make excuses and we have to deliver.”

Januzaj will be one of a number of players at Sunderland whose futures are uncertain when the season comes to an end.

Moyes has admitted recently that he can’t make any judgements on players’ contracts until he knows what division they will be playing in come August.

Seb Larsson is happy for Sunderland to put talks about his contract on hold until the summer. The Swedish international, speaking on duty with his country ahead of Saturday’s game with Belarus, has a deal which expires at the end of the season.

It is a situation he is familiar with having allowed his contract to run down in previous years and the position at the foot of the table makes it difficult to commit to contract talks.

The experienced Scandinavian said: "My situation is very relaxed. My contract expires in the summer. That's about where we are. What happens in the summer, we get to later.

“This is not a new situation for us. All the focus is on Sunderland and help the club.”

Larsson was part of the Sweden side dumped out of the Euros at the group stage last summer and he underwent knee surgery shortly after.

He only made his comeback shortly before Christmas and has been a regular for Moyes since then, which has earned him a recall to for his country.