Ivan Perisic is Tottenham’s fifth signing from Italy since Fabio Paratici arrived at the club less than a year ago, so who could be the next Serie A star to move to north London?
Paratici signed with Tottenham after 11 years with Juventus and has brought his knowledge of Serie A to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where he has already bought five new players from Italy.
He signed Cristian Romero from Atalanta and Pierluigi Gollini on loan, also from La Dea, last summer before Antonio Conte was appointed as head coach at the start of November, replacing Nuno Espirito Santo.
Two more Serie A stars joined Tottenham after Conte’s appointment with Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur signing with the Premier League side in January. Bentancur moved to Spurs on a permanent €25 million deal, including add-ons, while the Sweden international completed an initial loan move with an obligation to buy.
Perisic has now joined Tottenham from Inter on a free transfer, but Paratici and Conte’s chase in Serie A is not over.
Inter’s Alessandro Bastoni is also on Tottenham’s radar, but the Serie A giants want at least €60m to sell the Italy international, who is also wanted by Manchester United and City. His teammate Stefan de Vrij is also being monitored by Spurs and could leave the Stadio Meazza at a lower price.
Tuttosport reported in April that Torino’s Wilfried Singo and Gleison Bremer are on Paratici’s agenda too, with the former Juventus director having already spoken to the Granata about both players.
Paratici is an admirer of Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie who he brought to Turin in 2020 on an initial loan deal with an option to buy from Schalke 04. The Old Lady will be listening to offers for the USMNT international in the summer but are unlikely to sell for less than €30m.
Paulo Dybala, on the other hand, has never been a concrete transfer target for the north Londoners and the same goes for Inter defender Milan Skriniar who wants to extend his contract with the Nerazzurri.