Chelsea have received a boost to their own transfer funds this summer by sealing a deal to sell one of their serial loan army members.
According to Sports Journalist Nicolo Schira, Chelsea have sold midfielder Mario Pasalic to Atalanta for the agreed 15 million euros (£13.4m) option to buy fee.
Done deal! #Atalanta use the option to buy for Mario #Pašalic. They pay €15M to #Chelsea. All confirmed what i said last march! #transfers #CFC
👇🏻👇🏻 https://t.co/QetjWXlcg1— Nicolò Schira (@NicoSchira) June 4, 2020
The option was inserted by the two clubs when agreeing the loan move to the Serie A.
Pasalic has performed well enough in Italy to earn himself a permanent move there, and he will leave Chelsea having not made a single senior appearance for them and going through 5 loan clubs whilst he was there.
At 25-years old, Pasalic can now have some kind of stable future at a club and hopefully the Croatian international can go on to be a successful player.
Chelsea’s loan army will shrink by one, but their transfer budget has grown by a substantial fee with this clever move by them.
