Ange Postecoglou does not believe Ivan Perisic will play for Tottenham Hotspur again.
The 34-year-old has provided 14 assists and one goal in his 50 appearances for Tottenham but suffered a complex anterior cruciate ligament injury during a non-contact part of training at Hotspur Way in September and required surgery. The experienced Croatian is determined to play at the Euros this summer for his country and has been linked with a move back home in the month ahead to play for his hometown club Hajduk Split in the case that he is fit enough to play some games at the end of the season.
With his contract ending this summer, Postecoglou admits he does not expect Perisic to play again for Spurs.
«No, he's working hard to be fair to Ivan. He's obviously got some national team commitments he wants to get back to as soon as possible,» he said. «Again, he's been a significant loss for us. I thought this year he was going to be a really significant contributor because of his experience and we saw that in the first few games because of the way he impacted games, but yeah, he won't...he's unlikely to play for us again.»
Tottenham start their FA Cup campaign on Friday night against Burnley, looking to take their first steps on the road to ending a 33-year wait to lift the grand old trophy again. As someone who has won trophies throughout his career, Postecoglou was asked if he has noticed a change in clubs after they become silverware winners and he believes Tottenham have those types sprinkled around but the key is how they act within the club.
«It helps for people to experience that but Cristian Romero's a World Cup winner. He knows what it's like. So there's already people in the room [here] that've had that experience and it does
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