Tottenham transfer news: Roberto De Zerbi rules out summer exit for £60m Spurs midfielder

Roberto De Zerbi has confirmed that Lucas Bergvall volition stay astatine Tottenham Hotspur beyond the extremity of the summertime transportation window.

Spurs person importantly strengthened their midfield this summer, spending a combined £185m to bring successful Sandro Tonali from Newcastle United and Mateus Fernandes from West Ham United.

Bergvall joined Tottenham successful the summertime of 2024 and has since made 78 appearances for the club, scoring doubly crossed each competitions.

The 20-year-old had reportedly grown concerned astir his prospects of regular crippled time nether De Zerbi successful 2026-27 and is believed to person submitted a transportation petition astatine the opening of the summer.

Newcastle United saw an connection successful the portion of £46m rejected for Bergvall, portion Sunderland and Nottingham Forest were besides credited with an involvement successful the Swedish midfielder.

Lucas Bergvall future: Roberto De Zerbi rules retired exit 

Tottenham complaint Bergvall highly and are believed to person placed a £60m valuation connected him, but it present appears definite that helium volition stay successful North London.

De Zerbi has confirmed that the midfielder wants to stay, though the Spurs brag was incapable to connection the aforesaid assurance implicit Pape Matar Sarr's future.

"Lucas Bergvall, 100 per cent [he is staying]. We spoke a batch successful pre-season. He’s a apical player, a apical imaginable player. I similar that helium stays but I deliberation present helium wants to enactment and we person nary problem," De Zerbi said, arsenic quoted by Football London.

"For Pape, helium started pre-season precocious due to the fact that helium stayed successful Senegal until the archetypal week successful August, I think. He’s a bully player. I don’t cognize if helium stays oregon not, we person to analyse the situation, but helium is different very, precise important player."

Tottenham to marque much signings earlier the extremity of window

Spurs person already welcomed six caller players this summer, with De Zerbi adding some extent and genuine prime crossed respective areas of the pitch.

After escaping relegation by the narrowest of margins past season, Tottenham person made it wide that simply surviving volition not beryllium capable this clip around, and their ambitious recruitment thrust reflects a determination to re-establish themselves arsenic a superior Premier League force.

The spending, however, whitethorn not beryllium implicit conscionable yet, with De Zerbi reportedly keen to adhd further firepower successful the wide areas earlier the model closes.

Tottenham are said to beryllium progressing successful their pursuits of Manchester City duo Savinho and Omar Marmoush, and if some deals tin beryllium completed, Spurs' singular summertime spending could emergence to astir £377m.