Gazzetta dello Sport have compared Inter’s Ivan Perisic to a hibernating bear with him having been posted missing between December and March.

“Perisic remains a very particular character, he knows everything about football, but the private sphere seems impenetrable. He is very discreet character, who lives in the Gae Aulenti area with his wife Josipa and his sons Leonardo (who is 5 and a half years old) and Manuela (who is almost 4 years old). Mrs. Perisic is from Croatia also but little is known about her other than she is a model but above all she dedicates herself to children.

“Ivan speaks Croatian, Italian, English, French and German, but he is especially versatile in sports, and since he was a child he has played tennis, basketball and volleyball. He attended a high school with a sporting disposition. After the gifts of mother nature, elevation and resistance to the effort are still trained with the various disciplines. In last June, Ivan also participated in the World Cup of Beach Volleyball with partner Niksa Dell’Orco. A sport Perisic goes crazy for, even on TV. In addition to this, he watches a lot of basketball and tennis.”

In short, he is a star nothing short of excellence, who does all his talking on the field rather than off it and the Nerazzurri fans hope that the lethargy is over for good.