A former Premier League star has told Tottenham Hotspur that they have a midfielder in their squad who could fetch a bigger fee than the one Declan Rice did a couple of years ago.
Some pundits have been impressed with Tottenham’s midfield depth, which has allowed Thomas Frank to rotate between various options so far this season.
One man who initially found himself on the bench has really come to the fore over the last three matches and made himself nearly undroppable.
We are, of course, talking about Lucas Bergvall, who swept all of Tottenham’s end-of-season awards last term and has carried on from where he left off at the start of this campaign.
After add-ons were activated, Tottenham paid just £15.7m to sign Bergvall from Djurgardens, but they are told he is worth a whole lot more now.
Pundit says Lucas Bergvall is worth £110m to Tottenham
According to reports, Barcelona are still ruing the fact that Tottenham beat them to Bergvall’s signature 18 months ago, and one can understand why.
The teenager appears to be a generational talent, and a former West Ham midfielder, Martin Allen, has claimed that the Swede is worth more than the £105m that Arsenal paid to sign Declan Rice from West Ham in 20223.
When asked how much Bergvall is worth, Allen told Tottenham News: “At the age that he’s at, you’ve got to remember what Declan Rice and many, many years at West Ham, he went for £105m a couple of years ago.
“With him, there’s no way I’d sell him for less than £110m, no way. For me, he’s a better player than Rice, because he scores goals, and Declan’s not great at scoring goals. Top, top quality player. Yeah, and I will put him around about that £110m bracket, he’s that good, in my opinion.”
Bergvall continues to win admirers with each outing
Bergvall’s numbers suggest that he is already among the best in the Premier League, and there is good reason to think that the 19-year-old is nowhere close to his ceiling just yet.
Thomas Frank has revealed that he sometimes has to tell Bergvall to run less, given the enthusiasm, engine and drive that the teenager possesses.
Last week, Wayne Rooney said that Bergvall is showing tactical maturity beyond his years and admitted that he sometimes forgets how young the Spurs man is.