Serie A champions Inter Milan ended their triumphant season with a 5-1 thrashing of Udinese on Sunday as thousands of fans gathered outside San Siro to celebrate. Antonio Conte’s side sealed their first league crown in 11 years with four games to spare on May 2, but had to wait until the final day of the season to lift the trophy. Ashley Young and Christian Eriksen were on target before the break and goals from Lautaro Martinez, Ivan Perisic and Romelu Lukaku completed the rout before Roberto Pereyra’s consolation penalty for the 14th-placed visitors. Inter finish the season with 91 points, passing the 90-point mark for the second time after earning 97 in 2006-07, and were able to celebrate the achievement in front of one thousand invited supporters at their home ground. A further 4,500 we...
Tottenham are interested in signing the Inter Milan winger Ivan Perisic at the end of this season. Perisic is currently on loan at Bayern Munich and he has managed to impress in the Bundesliga. The Bavarian giants have an option to sign him permanently, but they are not willing to match Inter Milan’s €20m asking price. Apparently, they are prepared to offer half of that amount. The report from FcIN adds that Spurs have now spoken to the player’s agent regarding a transfer. Jose Mourinho is a long-term admirer of the 31-year-old and it will be interesting to see if he can get his hands on the player this time. The Portuguese manager wanted to sign Perisic during his time as the Manchester United boss as well. However, the Red Devils did not manage to bring the winger to Old Trafford. P...
Tottenham have been linked with a move for the Bayern Munich winger Ivan Perisic this summer. We covered reports claiming that the Londoners are monitoring the 31-year-old. It will be interesting to see if Spurs make their move for Perisic in the coming weeks. The Croatian is on loan from Inter Milan and he could be signed for a reasonable fee this summer. The Italian side want to get rid of him permanently as the Croatian is on big wages of around £127k-a-week. Perisic has been linked with a move to the Premier League for a while now and it remains to be seen where he ends up. He has been linked with a move to Manchester United as well. Both Spurs and United could use some attacking depth and Perisic has the experience and quality to make an immediate impact. He would be a short term...