Revealed: The promise that Arsenal made to Inter star Perisic
The Gunners had made an attempt to sign Perisic this past winter and were close to signing him, as they wanted him on an initial loan deal with an option of signing him on a permanent basis in the summer.
BBC state that Perisic was promised that Arsenal will sign him and his agents were ensured the same. That's why he had handed in a transfer request at Inter.