Tottenham winger Ivan Perisic has decided to leave the Premier League club in January for Hadjuk Split, according to reports.
The Croatia international moved to Tottenham on a free transfer at the beginning of last season to reunite with Antonio Conte, who was his manager at Inter Milan.
Perisic, who is the fifth Croatian to ever play for Spurs, managed 44 appearances for the Premier League side last season in all competitions as Tottenham had a season to forget, finishing eighth in the league.
Under Ange Postecoglou, Perisic has become a bit-part player with all five of his Premier League appearances this season coming off the bench.
And the 34-year-old recently suffered an ACL knee injury that will now keep him out for a big chunk of the new campaign and may never play for Tottenham again.
Football Insider claim that ‘with his contract expiring next summer, he is not expected to play for Spurs again and has instead been given the green light to return to his homeland’.
The report adds: ‘It is believed that Tottenham are willing to grant Perisic a move in January and a switch to Split for Perisic was discussed while negotiating a deal for Spurs’ newest recruit, Luka Vuskovic.’
Perisic is ‘keen to see out his career in Croatia’ with ‘discussions are advancing over a move to Split and he already has an agreement with the club’.
And it is understood that Tottenham ‘will not stand in the way of the player’ who would find it difficult to force his way into Postecoglou’s side again before the end of the season.
Perisic’s friend and Croatian physio, Ivan Porobija, has been discussing rumours of a move to Hadjuk Split and the Tottenham man’s injury.
