Manager confirms he’d love to sign senior Tottenham star who may never play for Spurs again
A veteran Tottenham star who may never play for the club again already has an overseas side vying for his signature at season’s end.
Tottenham’s squad contains a handful of senior stars who may well be in their final year at the club. Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, centre-back Eric Dier and the ever-versatile Ivan Perisic are all in the last year of their respective deals in north London.
Lloris doesn’t even make the matchday squads anymore, with Forster now providing back-up to impressive new No 1 Guglielmo Vicario.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is willing to cash in on Dier next month to avoid losing a saleable asset for free six months later.
However, with Cristian Romero suffering a hamstring injury that’ll sideline him for four-five weeks, Dier may yet earn a reprieve.
In any case, today’s update regards Perisic who unfortunately suffered a serious ACL injury back in September.
The Croatian, 34, may not return before the season has finished and if a new contract isn’t forthcoming, he may have already played his last match for Tottenham.
If Perisic does make way at season’s end, a return to Croatia with Hajduk Split could be on the cards.
Perisic was on Hajduk Split’s books as a youngster between 2000-06. Perisic never played senior competitive football for the side after opting to join French outfit Sochaux while still a teenager.
Now, in quotes carried by Sport Witness, Hajduk manager, Mislav Karoglan, has opened the door for Perisic to return to his boyhood club.
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“I don’t know how his recovery is going after the injury, and the only thing I can say from my side is that I would like to have him in the dressing room whenever possible.”
Sport Witness’ piece also cites various prior reports out of Croatia that claimed Perisic returning to Hajduk is a very real possibility next summer.
The fact he’d not cost a transfer fee will obviously help, with one report even claiming a verbal agreement is in place.
Whether those claims are premature remains to be seen. Nonetheless, if Spurs do wave goodbye to Perisic next summer, the veteran left-footer is safe in the knowledge he has at least one club willing to bring him on board.
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