Reports have said that Chelsea Youth team may have officially signed Mario Pašalić from Hajduk. He is an 18 year old central midfielder from Croatia. Some people have already started dubbing him as the new Luka Modric.
Hadjuk have accepted Chelsea's €3m bid for Mario Pašalić, he'll join the club today. #CFC
— Transfer News (@WindowInsiders) January 30, 2014
Hajduk , the club Mario plays for have released a statement –
“Mario Pasalic this morning, accompanied by the club’s team manager Kresimir Mikulandre and spokesman Ante Bilic, left the Kremlin Palace hotel and Hajduk’s training camp in Antalya, and headed for London.”
Pasalic has scored six goals from 13 appearances this season for Hadjuk and he is set to follow Bertrand Traore, Nemanja Matic and Mohamed Salah in moving to Stamford Bridge this month.
Croatia face a daunting task to quilify from the group stages at the World Cup this summer having been drawn alongside host Brazil, Mexico and Cameroon in Group A.
HAJDUK NOT HADJUK!!!
Not Modrić he is more like Boban,very smiliar to Lampard !!!
H A J D U K !!!
Good luck Mario
Great player, too bad he will be sent out on loan!
This may be the last time we will hear abt him bcos Jose will never make use of him,I alwys feel sorry for all this young talented players in Chelsea…!
HAJDUK !!!!!
Vitesse will have a new player on their hands soon if this is does become an official announcement.
Thank you for sharing.
2 years on loan, he’ll come back at 20. He’s a good one. Strong, fast, and determined with a nice touch on the ball. I love that the mighty blues are building for the now and for the future. This could be a real sweet ten year run with Jose at the helm.
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