Tottenham rejected curiosity in wonderkid Lucas Bergvall from two Premier League rivals
Tottenham Hotspur rejected switch enquiries for Lucas Bergvall from two Premier League rivals.
The approaches from Chelsea and Aston Villa got here in the course of the January switch window, in line with The Athletic.
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The Swedish sensation has been a uncommon brilliant spot for Spurs throughout the final two campaigns since his arrival.
He signed from Djurgarden in June 2024 and, in his first marketing campaign, received Tottenham’s Participant of the Yr award.
Tottenham snapped up the teenager for £8.5million beating competitors from Barcelona for the expertise.
A tenacious front-footed No.8, the 20-year-old helped take the membership to the Europa League closing with dynamic midfield shows.
Nevertheless, he missed out on enjoying in the win over Manchester United in Bilbao because of an harm.
The teenager has, like most of his teammates, suffered from knocks and niggles this season, lacking video games by a concussion and a groin drawback.
In the meantime, proper now, he is absent because of an ankle sprain that might maintain him out for round one other month, having taken the blow in opposition to Borussia Dortmund within the Champions League in January.
He was additionally, bizarrely, performed out of place by former Tottenham head coach Thomas Frank occasionally this marketing campaign.
Bergvall discovered himself enjoying off the left wing or as a No.10 in some matches.
And in a remark that riled some supporters, the Dane appeared to recommend the Swede and winger Wilson Odobert have the same profile.
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After the 1-1 draw with Sunderland, he mentioned: “After we put Joao [Palhinha] and Lucas on there was a variety of working, and it was backwards and forwards. Lucas has performed as a ten and is nearly a like-for-like for Wilson.”
The state of affairs he discovered himself in is believed to have alerted Chelsea and Villa, who made direct contact with Tottenham.
Nevertheless, the north London facet, at present sixteenth within the Premier League and threatened by relegation, rebuffed the curiosity and will not think about his exit.
Mockingly, Spurs’ signing of Conor Gallagher from underneath the nostril of Aston Villa, and the harm to Boubacar Kamara – inflicted by a reckless Palhinha problem.
Bergvall is about to have a brand new supervisor confirmed following the sacking of Frank after the 2-1 loss to Newcastle.
Former Juventus and Marseille boss Igor Tudor is about to be appointed as interim boss forward of an enormous north London derby in opposition to fierce rival Arsenal on Sunday, February 22.
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