“I’ve got a lot more meat to eat yet,” he told the Gazzetta dello Sport. “Italian football is the top of the top for me, but I don’t think I could play for a big club right now. I need to grow.”
Perin has also been talked about as a possible new stable entry into Cesare Prandelli’s Giro Azzurro ahead of World Cup 2014.
“Yeah, after Gigi Buffon, Morgan De Sanctis, Emiliano Viviano, Salvatore Sirigu, Andrea Consigli and the rest, I could be the tenth choice.
“They wouldn’t even recognise me if I showed up. Who? Perini?...”