Tottenham Hotspur haven’t exactly had a brilliant season, but there have still been quite a few positives for Spurs fans.
Despite Tottenham’s Premier League woes, they are still in the picture for silverware, having reached the Europa League semi-finals.
In addition, Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has put a lot of emphasis in youth, promoting top talents like Mikey Moore and signing some superb young players.
Postecoglou has now sung the praises of a teenage player who has “worked really hard at his game” this season and is now reaping the rewards.
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Ange Postecoglou says Lucas Bergvall has ‘worked really hard’ at Tottenham
The player in question is Lucas Bergvall, who has just signed a new contract at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
On Tuesday evening, the club revealed that Bergvall has put pen to paper on a deal set to run until the summer of 2031.
Postecoglou, speaking ahead of Tottenham’s semi-final first-leg meeting with Bodo/Glimt, explained what Bergvall did to earn himself a new contract.
“I am delighted for Lucas,” Postecoglou told reporters. “It is the reward for his development this year, his performances and how well he has adapted.
“You have got to remember you have a lot of young guys who come to the Premier League and have a step in between, maybe playing in another league, but he’s come straight from the Swedish league and [adapted] his football in the Premier League.
“It’s a credit to him. He has worked really hard at his game. At the beginning he was really struggling to cope with a lot of the intensity and tempo, as you would expect, and we expected.
“A lot of life and football is opportunity and he had an opportunity this year because of the situation we’re in and he grabbed it with both hands.
“Now we have a full squad to choose from, he is still being selected because he took the opportunity.”
Tottenham fans were buzzing over the Bergvall contract update, with one saying it was the best news of the season.
Glenn Hoddle’s exciting Lucas Bergvall prediction
Bergvall certainly had a tricky start to life at Tottenham and initially looked out of his depth, which is normal for such a young player joining from a different league.
However, Bergvall has developed incredibly quickly and is now firmly head and shoulders above many of his peers in the league.
Glenn Hoddle recently noted how Bergvall has shown exceptional improvement in less than one full season and backed him to become “frightening” in the coming years.
“He’s had to be thrown in in half the games, but mentality-wise, he’s more than coped with it,” Hoddle said on TNT Sports.
“And it’s just going to grow and grow. When he’s 24, what’s he going to be like?
“He’s learnt so quickly. Some people take two seasons to grow and they progress and they improve.
“He’s improved in such a quick time. So what he’s going to be like when he’s 23, 24… he’s going to be frightening.”
