have suffered a transfer blow with summer target Ivan Perisic closing in on a move to Premier League rivals .
Spurs boss made Perisic one of his top targets after guiding the north London club to a top-four finish and agreeing to stay for at least one more season.
Perisic was a key part of Conte’s title-winning Inter Milan side in 2020-21 and has decided to reunite with the Italian, agreeing terms on a two-year deal with Tottenham, according to .
Since joining Inter from Wolfsburg in 2015, Perisic – who helped Croatia reach the World Cup final in 2018 – has made more than 250 appearances for the club.
But the 33-year-old is now a free agent after Inter opted against giving into his demands of a new three-year contract worth just under £100,000-a-week.
As a result, Perisic has been in talks with Tottenham, Chelsea and Juventus over a free transfer and is now set to sign for Spurs.
Earlier this month, it was but Thomas Tuchel now looks set to miss out on one of his summer transfer targets.
Chelsea are once again in a position to work on transfer deals after the Premier League approved a £4.25bn takeover of the club led by LA Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly.
The Blues, who finished third in the Premier League this season, have been .
Despite a poor start to the season, Tottenham finished just three points behind Chelsea and pipped north London rivals Arsenal to the final Champions League spot.
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