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title: "Tottenham: Alasdair Gold shares behind-scenes Perisic revelation"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/spurs-alasdair-gold-conte-perisic-thfc/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Premier League News"
published: "2022-10-05T18:35:20Z"
modified: "2022-10-05T18:35:20Z"
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# Tottenham: Alasdair Gold shares behind-scenes Perisic revelation

**Reliable[Tottenham Hotspur](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-news/) correspondent Alasdair Gold has shared an interesting behind-scenes revelation on summer signing Ivan Perisic.**

### The Lowdown: Spurs summer business…

The Lilywhites completed seven major signings in total this summer and eight if you count a permanent deal for star defender Cristian Romero.

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Spurs, in their attempts to back manager Antonio Conte, sealed moves for Fraser Forster, Yves Bissouma, Richarlison, Clement Lenglet, Djed Spence, Destiny Udogie and Perisic for a combined total of [£153 million.](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tottenham-hotspur/transfers/verein/148)

The latter man has enjoyed a brilliant start to his Lilywhites career overall, [attracting praise](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/spurs-wolves-player-ratings-match-report-perisic-thfc/) for some of his showings whilst becoming a Conte [mainstay](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/30/Show/England-Tottenham) in the [Premier League.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/)

### The Latest: Gold makes Perisic claim…

Writing for[football.london,](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/news/antonio-conte-press-matt-doherty-25171043) Gold has shared some interesting ‘behind-the-scenes’ insight on Perisic from his Spurs sources.

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He is described by N17 insiders as ‘intense’ and ‘straight-faced’ with the Croatia international appearing as an almost no-nonsense leader at the club already.

Perisic is also likened to star midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in terms of ‘being so tuned in’ and ‘focused on the job at hand’.

### The Verdict: Asset for Conte…

The 33-year-old appears to have all the right attributes both as a traditional Conte wing-back and personality-wise in a real boost for Spurs over this coming season.

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Perisic, a Croatia international veteran, also comes to north London with bags of experience from the most elite stages in football – having clinched three league titles and a Champions League winner’s medal ([Transfermarkt).](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ivan-perisic/erfolge/spieler/42460)

The presence of a seasoned figurehead like the former Inter Milan star will be invaluable to Conte as he seeks to reinstate Spurs as a major force.