{"id":567462,"date":"2026-07-25T11:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/567462\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T11:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T11:41:08","slug":"tottenham-players-not-happy-and-proud-to-stay-should-leave-roberto-de-zerbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/567462\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham players not &#8216;happy&#8217; and &#8216;proud&#8217; to stay should leave &#8211; Roberto de Zerbi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bergvall, who joined Spurs from Swedish club Djurgarden in 2024, played limited minutes at the end of last season under De Zerbi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 20-year-old started the Italian&#8217;s first game in charge \u2013 a 1-0 defeat at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/sunderland\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunderland<\/a> \u2013 and, after that, made four appearances as a substitute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Spurs have since signed midfielders Sandro Tonali &#8211; in a \u00a3100m deal from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/newcastle-united\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle United<\/a> &#8211; and Mateus Fernandes for \u00a385m from West Ham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I have not spoken with Lucas yet,&#8221; said De Zerbi. &#8220;I will in the next days and we will make the best decision for the club, for Lucas, for me, for every one of us, without problems. Lucas is a big, big talent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;There will be a big competition to play because at the end, I think we will be two players for each position. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If he wants to stay, I will be happy. Otherwise, we have to find a new solution with [sporting director] Johan Lange, with [chief executive] Vinai [Venkatesham]. It&#8217;s not my business after the decision to leave.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a> have also added defenders Jan Paul van Hecke, Andy Robertson and Marcos Senesi to their ranks and De Zerbi says now the &#8220;target is to complete the attacking positions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;First of all, I think it&#8217;s not finished yet, our transfer market window,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We have to finish, we have to bring another couple of, maybe more, maybe not less, but a couple of players.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bergvall is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a>&#8216;s squad in New Zealand but wingers Mohammed Kudus (thigh) and Dejan Kulusevski (knee) have not travelled as they recover from long-term injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Kudus is very close. I think when we come back to London he will be available to start working with us,&#8221; said De Zerbi. &#8220;It&#8217;s a great thing for us. Kudus is another important player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Kulusevski, we have to see in the next couple of weeks. He&#8217;s another important player. After one season, one complete season, without a game, we have to analyse better and better, don&#8217;t take risks, first of all for him and then for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Meanwhile, Spurs attacking midfielder Xavi Simons said &#8220;the first four days were the worst days of my life&#8221; as he recalled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cy0101p91z3o\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the anterior cruciate ligament injury he suffered<\/a> in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Netherlands international required surgery on the serious knee injury and missed the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t sleep, I didn&#8217;t eat for one week,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a>&#8216;s website. &#8220;I was in a lot of pain. I was vomiting and felt dizzy, it was everything. That pain, I don&#8217;t wish no-one to go through that pain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what it&#8217;s like for other players but, for me, it was like my whole body was saying like &#8216;what happened?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is what it is. I&#8217;m happy and in a good place now.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bergvall, who joined Spurs from Swedish club Djurgarden in 2024, played limited minutes at the end of last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-567462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}