DMackay
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Who’s in charge?
Who’s in charge?
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Lucas Bergvall selected for Sweden's nations league ties vs Azerbaijan and Estonia for potential debut
https://www.reddit.com/r/coys/?f=flair_name:"Official Source"Fotboll: Svenska truppen till Nations League presenterad – Lucas Bergvall uttagen
Jon Dahl Tomasson har presenterat sin trupp till Nations League-matcherna mot Azerbajdzjan och Estland. I den tar supertalangen Lucas Bergvall, 18, plats – för första gången i samband med tävlingslandskamper. – Jag gillar vad jag har sett, säger Dahl Tomasson till SVT Sport.
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Bergvall explains what happened in scary Spurs moment and Vicario shouting
Lucas Bergvall has explained what happened during a moment that looked worrying for those around him on the pitch and being shouted at by the Tottenham goalkeeper
Lucas Bergvall has explained exactly what happened when he appeared to be struggling to breathe during Tottenham's pre-season friendly against Bayern Munich and what it was like being shouted at by Guglielmo Vicario at Leicester.
The 18-year-old has adapted to life at Spurs well since his £8.5million move from Djurgarden, turning down a switch to Barcelona to make the move, and wowed Ange Postecoglou and the coaching staff. His team-mate Pape Matar Sarr said last week that he believes the Swede will become one of the best players in the world.
However, Bergvall had a scary moment in the pre-season friendly at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last month when he appeared to suddenly go to ground and need to get something out of his throat. His team-mates called on the medical staff to get on to the pitch quickly who started banging on his back. Now the teenager has explained exactly what happened that day.
"First my boot broke completely. It just opened. I took a caffeine chewing gum to get started a bit after that. I forgot to take out the gum and it went into my throat. It was hard to breathe," he said in an interview with Swedish media outlet Aftonbladet. "It never felt like there was anything dangerous. It was more a little uncomfortable. I tried to bring it up, but I was calm. It looked a little worse than it was and felt."
He added: "It was a little uncomfortable. It was a little hard to breathe. That was probably what caused a slight panic.
"[I took the gum] to get a little extra boost. It's probably a bit of a placebo effect too. I use it a little now and then, if I might feel a little more tired some days. If you want a little extra energy, but it's not something I want to get used to. As I said, it's probably mostly a placebo thing."
Postecoglou has high hopes for Bergvall and admitted that after being unsure just how quickly the midfielder would adapt, the teenager, who was called up to the senior Sweden squad this month, has quickly shown that he's ready to contribute now. The youngster is just taking it all in his stride.
"I don't know what my expectations were before, to be honest. I came into a tough but fun pre-season. It was very new. I just wanted to start playing football again after the holiday break. The only thing I knew was that it would be tough," said Bergvall. "It was a motivation when I came to a new league with new people, new team-mates, new coaches, new facilities, diet, training, physical activity, everything.
"It feels like I have taken very big steps these two months. That I get into it more and more and have been able to adapt more to the game that is played in the Premier League.
"The quality of the players and the teams you face. It's incredible quality, everywhere. It is not possible to make that many mistakes or any mistakes at all. You must always be ready. This is the case regardless of where you play, but now it can be punished a little easier."
That leads nicely to Bergvall getting shouted at by his Spurs goalkeeper Vicario, who had to make a flying save after the midfielder gave the ball away on the edge of his own box late on in the opening match of the Premier League season at Leicester.
"Sometimes you do slightly worse things, sometimes you do better things. We were 1-0 up with a fairly comfortable lead. We conceded 1-1 and then that happens [when he lost the ball]," he said. "All is calm now. We have talked about it. Vicario said that there are hot feelings and things like that that happen."
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Sounds like big bad Vic and Bergvall are ok
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J.spurs
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Love how the move is followed by Kulusevski basically taking the ball from him.
DMackay
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Love it!
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ClemFandango
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Signed a new six year deal. Brilliant news.
Dave
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That is great news.
I wonder how much the buy out clause is ? That's Levy upping the value of his asset and assuring big money for a young talent when the big wallets come knocking.
Jesus I'm so fucking cynical and paranoid cos of that cunt of a chairman.
It's great news.
Style And Glory
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Bergval's got some faith in this club signing for that long.
ClemFandango
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Well he only cost £8.5m so I'd wager Levy has set it to at least £50m.
Yid
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He's a solid £30m now ain't he...?
Not sure if he believes it or not, remember he had a choice between us and Barca...?
Look glad either way, he is a player we can build something round
Not sure if he believes it or not, remember he had a choice between us and Barca...?
Look glad either way, he is a player we can build something round
ClemFandango
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One of the so-called “ITK’s” posted yesterday that they “were hearing” that Bergvall had injured himself in training and that it was significant enough to rule him out for the remainder of the season.
I didn’t want to mention it in case it was the usual noise but it turns out he was, sadly, bang on.
I didn’t want to mention it in case it was the usual noise but it turns out he was, sadly, bang on.
J.spurs
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That's really disappointing. In fucking training, no less.
BrooklynYid
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This one will hurt. Bentancur really needs to step up. Maddison is likely out the 2nd leg so we probably need to play Bissouma and Sarr. Ugh.
Havocc
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Just signed new contract, head down now lad, stop the noise and become the player we want you to be
J.spurs
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I like this. Sometimes I think kids like Lamine Yemal and others skew how we look at young players. Everybody develops at different rates. He’s still young and has time and the talent to become a very good player IMO.
Yid
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I don't know what to think about all the going and staying malarky... I think he personally handled the situation perfectly, by keeping it fucking schtum the entire time... But if he wanted out for first team football, he still isn't going to get it here is he so he has just signed for the money and dependant if how shit we are by Christmas, we might get a better price for him then...
I think he was some ability, he defo has the physicality to be in this league but he has stagnated... But then we've been in relegation fights for 2+ years...!!!
Lets hope he can force the argument with decent performances...
I think he was some ability, he defo has the physicality to be in this league but he has stagnated... But then we've been in relegation fights for 2+ years...!!!
Lets hope he can force the argument with decent performances...
SpursStone
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Still had four years on his current contract and has apparently been given a pay rise, despite being shite so far this season.
Strange decision
Strange decision
J.spurs
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It does seem that RDZ rates him.
Yid
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I didn't know he had 4 years remaining... That makes it an even more bizarre decision...
Hey at least some things don't change... The piss poor football and mad business decisions...
SpursStone
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Based on last season, he was good for the most part IMO. Yet this season, not been so good.
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