Chelsea signs 19-year-old Pasalic
By Opeyemi Oladunjoye
Chelsea have announced the signing of U-21 Croatian star, Mario Pasalic from Hajduk Split.
The English club revealed this on their website, saying: “Pasalic is a 19-year-old attack-minded midfielder, who has represented Croatia at Under-21 level and was named in his country’s 30-man provisional World Cup squad.”
Pasalic said: ‘I am very happy because I am now a Chelsea player. I am very impressed by the training ground and I must thank everybody at Hajduk. This is now a new start in my career.
“I am a central midfielder, my favourite player is Frank Lampard, and so I am very happy to be a Chelsea player.”
The German-born youngster played with Hajduk’s senior team during the 2013/14 season, scoring 11 times in 36 appearances in all competitions and helping his side to third place in the Croatian league.