Barca loan Croatia teenager Halilovic to Gijon

MADRID (Reuters) - Sporting Gijon have struck a deal to take Barcelona's teenage Croatia attacking midfielder Alen Halilovic on loan for the season, the La Liga clubs said on Friday.

Barca loan Croatia teenager Halilovic to Gijon

(Reuters)





The 19-year-old, nicknamed the 'Balkan Messi' after Argentina forward Lionel, joined Barca from Dynamo Zagreb last year and made 30 appearances for the B side, scoring four goals.

He made his first-team debut in January in a King's Cup match against Elche and also featured for Luis Enrique's outfit on their recent pre-season tour of North America.

He became the youngest player to feature for Croatia in June 2013 a week before his 17th birthday and was the youngest to play for Zagreb the previous year.





(Reporting by Iain Rogers, editing by Ken Ferris)


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