Bule switches to Hajduk
Monday, January 14, 2002
Article summary
Gamba Osaka FC striker Nino Bule has joined Croatian champions HNK Hajduk Split.
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Croatian international and Gamba Osaka FC striker Nino Bule has returned to Croatia with champions HNK Hajduk Split after a prolific stint in the J. League.
Upbeat mood
Bule joined Hajduk on Monday on the Adriatic island of Hvar where the team are training and the 25-year-old, who scored 25 goals in 40 games for Osaka, is looking forward to his homecoming.
‘No problems’
"I will sign a two-and-a-half year contract as soon as I get my papers from Japan," Bule said. "I have a contract with Gamba Osaka until June, but there will be no problems there," he added
Other deal
Hajduk also extended defender Goran Sablic’s contract on Monday, with the 22-year-old Croatia Under-21 international signing a two-year deal worth €78,000 a year.
