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7 months ago
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This winter, Tottenham played a nasty trick on FC Barcelona. Declared courtier of the young Swedish midfielder Lucas Bergvall (18 years old), the Catalan club thought to close the deal in exchange for a check for €10 million, bonus included. But at the last moment, the Scandinavian chose to join London and Tottenham who offered Djurgårdens €10 million plus bonuses and the possibility of keeping Bergvall until the end of the season. The blow was tough for the Blaugrana.
For his part, the player explained his about-face. “It’s a fantastic feeling to sign for Tottenham and a dream to have the opportunity to play in the Premier League. I received an incredibly warm welcome from the club and I feel very welcome. I always dreamed of playing in the Premier League, the best league in the world. “Tottenham is a great club, with a great manager and a young, hungry team that plays very good football.”
Very greedy agents
How did Barça manage to see this promised recruit escape them? The higher sum paid by Spurs does not explain everything, even if the Spaniards did not want to enter into the bidding war. Sport reveals that it is the Swede’s agents who are mainly at the origin of the hiccup. They therefore asked Barça to double their commission. And that’s not all. They also demanded the integration of Bergvall into the first team.
Demands which cooled Barça which had not planned to make financial splurges for the Swede nor to include him now in the professional group while a future in team B was reserved for him. In the end, faced with this turnaround, Barça believes that Bergvall and his clan mainly used his name to increase his price.
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