Ex-Arsenal player Paul Merson has backed Tottenham Hotspur summer season signing Ivan Perisic to be a single of the Premier League’s “surprise stars” subsequent season.
Spurs have been busy this summer as they have signed five new gamers. Perisic, Yves Bissouma, Richarlison, Clement Lenglet and Fraser Forster have all been brought in.
The north London club are also on the verge of signing Middlesbrough complete-back Djed Spence for a price that could increase to £20m.
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Perisic has joined Tottenham immediately after taking part in about 250 instances for Inter Milan involving 2015 and 2022.
The 33-calendar year-outdated has helped them earn the Serie A title and Coppa Italia. The Croatia standout also acquired a runners-up medal at the 2018 Entire world Cup.
Merson is assured that Perisic will be an “invaluable asset” to Tottenham following time:
“Ivan Perisic to be just one of the surprise stars of the year. I retain heading on and on about this, but I’m a large lover of [him],” Merson instructed Sportskeeda.
“This person is effective as challenging as anyone and has the talent to maintain his floor towards some of the most effective players in the earth – that is some recipe for a participant.
“He’s an international footballer who operates as challenging as anyone who has occur from non-league soccer into the massive leagues, indicating that he’s acquired the perform-ethic to enhance his great natural capability.
“Perisic has performed for multiple huge teams throughout Europe’s top five leagues and stays a critical participant for Croatia, so I be expecting him to be a massive hit for Tottenham.
“He’s various class and offers Conte the possibility of actively playing as a still left-wing back and a winger, building him an a must have asset to the squad.”
Elsewhere, Tottenham would be ‘very happy’ if Newcastle manufactured an give for Japhet Tanganga, as stories declare the centre-again is on the Magpies’ radar.
Tuttomercatoweb (by means of Mirror) assert the 23-yr-old is ‘on Newcastle’s radar’, and that they want him on a period-long financial loan with an obligation to acquire.
Spurs would reportedly be ‘very happy’ with this sort of an present, with AC Milan also reported to continue to be ‘keen’ on landing the defender.
