Lucas Bergvall opens up on his chat with Postecoglou and his favourite position
Lucas Bergvall has spoken about his upcoming adventure at Tottenham Hotspur and linking up with Ange Postecoglou during pre-season.
While the Tottenham players will have a break after their post-season friendly against Newcastle United on Wednesday, Bergvall will continue playing as the Swedish Allsvenskan is now in full swing.
With the campaign only getting underway a couple of months ago, it means that the midfielder would have two pre-seasons in quick succession.
The 18-year-old admitted that while he is currently focused on finishing strongly with Djurgardens, he is excited about linking up with his new teammates at Spurs soon.
Bergvall told Football.London: “I’m trying to do my best here for the supporters and for the team. I have three games left so I’m trying to put all my focus here and playing the best I can so I can come into Tottenham in good form.
“Then I have another pre-season. It’s a double pre-season for me! In Sweden you have three or four months of pre-season from January to April when the league starts. So I’ll have another one but I’m not going to complain! I can’t complain!
“Tottenham have done a really good job with that and have offered me a few extra days so if I want then I can take that, but I think I have two or three weeks off, so that’s good. I”m going on vacation with my family and girlfriend. I’ll have my last game against Hammarby and then I go on international duty for maybe 10 days and then I’ll start at Tottenham on July 1 so I’ll have some rest first.
“It’s fine though, I love this. I love football but it’s good I suppose to rest mentally and get your energy back. It’s going to be a really exciting new season, with a lot of good impressions to make on a lot of new people so I have to be mentally prepared.”
Lucas Bergvall on his conversation with Postecoglou
At Tottenham, Bergvall will link up with a manager in Postecoglou, who provides plenty of freedom for his players to take risks and someone who is not afraid of giving opportunities to younger players.
When asked about his conversation with the Australian, the midfielder said: “It was a really good conversation. He’s a really honest and kind man. We talked and he was really happy and me too of course. It was really great.”
The Swedish youngster is quite well-rounded, possessing good vision, a decent passing range, strength, dribbling ability and being a good ball striker. It remains to be seen where he will be deployed by Postecoglou.
When asked where he sees himself fitting at Spurs, Bergvall responded: “I like to have the ball at my feet and do lots of running. I play midfield, but I can come out on the side and get the ball, but we haven’t talked about that so much. I’ll be a midfielder I hope!”
Spurs Web Opinion
While Postecoglou might eventually have plans of playing Bergvall as a number eight, I think the Australian will use him as a number ten initially until he gets used to the pace and intensity of the game at the highest level.
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