According to FC Inter News, Tottenham are interested in Ivan Perisic and may have to battle Leeds United and Bayern Munich to procure his signature this summer. Perisic has spent the season on loan at Bayern from Inter Milan and is in talks over making the move permanent. The two clubs are €5m-€10m (£4.5m-£9m) apart with their valuation of the 31-year-old, however.
Is Perisic worth us signing?
Perisic is a brilliant winger, but he’s isn’t getting any younger which may put off Daniel Levy from making a move. He’s coming off the back of an impressive season in Germany, but how many more years does he have left at the top level? We aren’t blessed with much of a transfer kitty and need to sell existing players to generate funds, so we have to get value for money.
That being said, the Croatian international has made 33 appearances in all competitions for Bayern, scoring eight goals with 10 assists. As per WhoScored, Perisic has had a hand in seven goals from 11 Bundesliga starts, created 20 chances, whipped in 76 crosses with 18% finding a teammate, won 20/28 aerial duels, made 12/20 successful dribbles, had 40 shots with 30% hitting the target and made 16 tackles.
Perisic a brilliant player who would improve our squad, but it’s short-termism paying a sizeable transfer fee and wages for somebody in the eve of their career.
How much would he cost?
FC Inter News say Inter want €20m (£18.1m) but may accept €15m (£13.6m) given the current climate. Bayern are weighing up a €10m offer, however, so it remains to be seen if they’ll have any luck in negotiations.
As per Calciomercato, Perisic earned more than €4.5m-a-year/€86.5k-per-week (£4.1m-a-year/£79k-per-week) at Bayern and earns €4m-a-year/€77k-per-week (£3.63m-a-year/£70k-per-week) at Inter, so his wages wouldn’t break the bank for Tottenham.
The problem is the overall package. Perisic has two years remaining on his deal at the San Siro, so Spurs could be forced to pay a total of £25.26m for the 31-year-old until 2022.
Summary
Money is tight this summer, so Danny Rose, Serge Aurier, Juan Foyth, Cameron Carter-Vickers and Moussa Sissoko could be sold to generate funds. It remains to be seen who we end up offloading, however, and it’s unlikely that we’ll put any money towards signing Perisic.
In other news, Tottenham are closing in on a replacement for Michel Vorm
We looking to the future now then? We did that five years back and in all that time Levy never really got behind Poch’s vision, never really backed him as to who he wanted, Lo Celso wasn’t a player bought in on Poch’s so say tho he has worked out, Fernandes springs to mind also another player on loan option to buy but the guy’s never been given a chance,, all we’ll end up with yet again is loan players nobody really wants,, a player of Perisic’s undoubted quality and pedigree we won’t get,, no sorry long as Lewis owns Spurs and Levy is chairman we ain’t gona win cups let alone premiership.
I must admit I wasn’t entirely convinced before about Perisic, sure he had a decent World Cup but was he consistently good? Having watched him sparkle the other night against Barca (Vidal’s “world’s best team” snigger) he put to bed any doubts I have had …. he’s a top player who could easily add quality to Spurs overall,
no doubts now!