Sunderland transfer news: Black Cats' Lucas Bergvall stance 'revealed' amid £50m bid rumours

Sunderland person reportedly not agreed a woody with Tottenham Hotspur for Lucas Bergvall this summer.

The 20-year-old has spent the bulk of the summertime to day astatine the World Cup arsenic portion of Sweden's squad, with Graham Potter's broadside dumped retired of the planetary contention by France successful the knockout stages.

Bergvall has returned to a worrying concern connected a idiosyncratic enactment successful North London, with caput manager Roberto De Zerbi insisting that unhappy players tin permission Tottenham this summertime up of the caller season.

The Sweden planetary struggled for minutes erstwhile De Zerbi arrived past play and steered Spurs distant from relegation trouble, past starting a Premier League fixture connected April 12 against Sunderland.

It has been claimed that Newcastle United are keen connected securing the services of Bergvall, with the Tottenham antheral the taxable of a failed bid totalling £46m from Eddie Howe's broadside earlier successful the window.

Sunderland, Bergvall suggestions 'wide of the mark'

As good arsenic the Magpies, it has been reported that Sunderland were precocious successful discussions surrounding an ambitious swoop for Bergvall, who could beryllium connected his mode retired of Tottenham this summer.

Some publications had suggested that the Black Cats had seen a bid for the 20-year-old accepted, however, that accusation is wide of the mark, according to section paper Sunderland Echo.

It is understood that Bergvall is valued astatine astir £50m by the erstwhile Europa League champions, with De Zerbi seemingly connected the verge of freezing the midfielder retired of the first-team plans.

Spurs person already made a fig of high-profile midfield signings this summer, with Mateus Fernandes and Sandro Tonali arriving from West Ham United and Newcastle respectively.

Such moves successful the off-season marketplace person pushed Bergvall down the pecking bid successful North London, and contempt his evident imaginable and talent, the Swede could beryllium connected the mode retired of the nine successful the adjacent future.

Sunderland preparing for Europe

After a singular sixth-placed decorativeness connected their instrumentality to the Premier League past season, Sunderland are successful the plaything of preparing for lone their second-ever run successful European football.

As a effect of the accrued fig of matches heading their way, the Black Cats request to amended connected squad extent this summer, whilst besides retaining the services of prima men from past season.

Club skipper Granit Xhaka has already committed his aboriginal to the Stadium of Light cause, and Sunderland precocious announced the signing of escaped cause Thomas Meunier pursuing the extremity of his spell astatine Lille.