For a long time, noises were coming out of the black and blue camp that their Croatian veteran wingback Ivan Perisic would not renew his contract with the Italian giants. Moving on wasn’t unexpected for the 33-year-old veteran, but perhaps his destination is a bit surprising: he’s going to Chelsea!🇭🇷 Ivan Perisic since this tweet:🏆 Serie A🏆 Champions League 🏆 Bundesliga🏆 Italian Super Cup 🥈 World Cup runner upand now, a masterclass to win the Coppa Italia 🌟 pic.twitter.com/jh6upuirpC— Italian Football TV (@IFTVofficial) May 12, 2022 Italian TV station Mediaset reckons that Perisic will sign a two-year contract worth around $6.25 million, barring a spectacular turnaround. Those were his wage demands all along, and Inter could have matched them, but they remained tough and wouldn’t offer the 2018 World Cup runner-up more than $4.7 million for another two seasons. Their loss is Chelsea’s gain.The London club entered a new era when the sale to the Todd Boehly-led consortium was confirmed last week. While the supporters will undoubtedly look to new owners to emulate Roman Abramovich’s business model of always signing the very best players regardless of the price, the first signing may seem underwhelming. But Perisic is still an excellent player and will offer two years of experience and quality by the left sideline.Sunday, 14.00: (1.38) Tottenham (5.00) Burnley (9.00)It could prove a shrewd piece of business for Boehly, but the fans probably won’t rest until they’ve got an expensive addition that would get Chelsea challenging for trophies next season.Since the news were broken early on Friday, Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano claimed that there wasn’t a deal just yet – even though Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel is known to be a fan of Perisic. Expect this story to develop in the coming days.Perisić has no agreement with any club yet. He’s appreciated by Tuchel since January, but Chelsea are still waiting to negotiate – nothing done 🔵 #CFCInter are still hopeful to reach an agreement with Perisić, but they need to improve their bid – and Ljubičić is not his agent.— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 13, 2022 Perisic is a proven winner who’s been immense everywhere he played. He won the German Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich and the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League with the Bavarians. And now, he’ll get his first taste of Premier League football.
