Tottenham winger Ivan Perisic will make an emotional return to his boyhood club Hajduk Split as his time in the Premier League comes to an end, LondonWorld reports. The Croatian winger joined Spurs in July 2022 when his contract with Inter Milan expired, but has been sidelined since September last year due to injury.
Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou confirmed earlier this year that Perisic’s time at the club is over: “No, he will no longer play for us. Postecoglou added: “Ivan works hard, to be fair to him. He has national team commitments that he wants to fulfil as soon as possible.
“Once again, he is a big loss for us. I thought he was going to make a really important contribution this year because of his experience and we saw that in the first couple of games because he influenced games, but yeah, he won’t … he probably won’t play for us anymore.”
The former Dortmund and Bayern Munich winger suffered a devastating blow when he injured his ACL and has now decided to return to the club where it all started for him. He spent around 11 years in the youth academy of Hajduk Split before moving to Sochaux in France in 2006.
The Croatian international, who has amassed 129 national team titles in his career, is out of contract with Spurs in June. Tottenham have already been quick to find a replacement, with Germany’s Timo Werner arriving this month to replace Perisic and club captain Son Heung-Min, who is with his country at the Asian Cup.