Chelsea fans lament on Twitter over selling Mario Pasalic to Atalanta
Amidst all the hype regarding the signings of Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner, the departure of one man in January was forgotten by a vast majority of Chelsea fans.
You cannot be faulted if you have not heard of Mario Pasalic. The Croatian international spent six years at Chelsea and yet did not make a single appearance for the club.
He eventually left for Atalanta this January for £13.5m. In retrospect, it represents a heady profit on a player who originally cost us just £3m. It also raised funds for us to spend in what looks to be a busy summer.
But it appears that in order to buy fuel, we have sold the car. The 25-year-old had shown during his loan spell in Serie A that he has the ability to play at the highest level.
Now no more in Chelsea colours, he showcased just what the club could have had but chose not to keep. As the Blues huffed and puffed to a 1-0 win over bottom-placed Norwich City, Pasalic was turning on the style against Brescia.
The midfielder scored a hat-trick on the night to take his side second only behind Juventus. This takes Pasalic’s tally this season to 11 goals and 7 assists in 39 appearances in all competitions.
The Croatian is a part of an Atalanta team that boasts of the best attack in the Italian league. The signs of his evolution were already there before Chelsea decided to part with him.
The Blues are hoping to go big for Kai Havertz. It appears that they already had a similar player in their ranks before they chose to sell him off for peanuts.
A number of Chelsea fans took to Twitter to react to Pasalic’s performance. We take a look at a few of them below.
Twitter reacts to former Chelsea star Mario Pasalic’s hattrick
Watching Pasalic score in Atlanta Jersey and watching Jorginho play for Chelsea makes me sick #lacklustre.
— Ugonna Paschal (@ugonna42) July 14, 2020
Why did Chelsea @ChelseaFC sell Mario Pasalic to Atalanta, please?
— PeTe (@NsqPeTe) July 14, 2020
He’s better than everything we have now.. #CHENOR
PASALIC HATTRICK and these Chelsea fans called him deadwood uno. They lost a real one
— R🐝 (@RB1805) July 14, 2020
Pasalic was at Chelsea when this club signed Drinkwater. Bakayoko. Barkley.
— Rara Avis™ (@Tzar_Marc) July 14, 2020
Just putting it out there.
I still wonder why Chelsea sold Pasalic to Atalanta 🤔
— PRESIDER (@iam_presider) July 14, 2020
BTW, it Mario Pasalic isn’t in Lampard’s plans…
— Robert Madoi (@robertmadoi) July 14, 2020
We sold Pasalic and chasing Havertz. No that Palasic is Havertz but Havertz is a luxury for this team.
— 🙃 (@11TW_) July 14, 2020
Pasalic in place of Barkley. We would be eating good.
Pašalić dropping a hatty for Atalanta whilst I’m forced to watch Jorginho and Barkley showcase their alarming lack of ability at this sport
— Иван (@ivan_i94) July 14, 2020
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Pašalić with the hattrick 6 1
— Tommy 🇭🇷 (@Fantasticfloki) July 14, 2020
Oh what a mistake Chelsea did in letting him go
I still don’t understand why we sold pasalic to Atlanta for that low amount #CHENOR
— Blaq Abah🖤 (@AbahFavour12) July 14, 2020
