18-year-old Swedish starlet, Lucas Bergvall, is set to pick the shirt number that he will don for his debut season in Lilywhite following his move from Djurgarden.
As announced by Football.London, we can expect the Spurs squad to start rolling back into Hotspur Way in the following days, with only a handful of players still on international duty.
New signing, Archie Gray, will be one of the first names to check in as well as Swedish sensation, Lucas Bergvall, who Tottenham announced the signing of back in February on the teenager’s 18th birthday. (Tottenham Hotspur)
Tottenham have already announced that Archie Gray will be pulling on the number fourteen shirt for Spurs next season, which was worn most recently by Ivan Perisic, as well as famously being the number of Luka Modric and David Ginola.
Bergvall, who wore number 21 at Djurgarden in Sweden, will have to choose a different number due to 21 currently being fellow Swede, Dejan Kulusevksi’s, number.
It will be unlikely that Bergvall makes a statement by wearing a starting eleven number with 1 and 2 only being available following the departures of Lloris and Matt Doherty. The next two lowest possible options will be 15 and 19 which have recently become available due to Eric Dier and Ryan Sessegnon leaving.
25, 26 and 28 are the next possible choices should Bergvall wish to remain within the usual 30 squad numbers, however, choosing 26 would be a big move due to the number not being taken up since Tottenham legend, Ledley King, pulled it on.
With the squad numbers announcement being a little while away, Bergvall could hold out for one of many players who are linked with an exit and then take up their number.
In this case, the 18-year-old would likely wear a placeholder number in pre-season, much like James Maddison did, wearing number 71 before pinching Harry Kane’s number 10 before the start of the season after the striker left for Bayern Munich.
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Many Spurs fans will be eagerly awaiting Bergvall’s shirt number decision after the Swede’s impressive highlights and clips whilst at his former club, Djurgarden.
It remains to be seen how big a part the teenager will have to play next season, but if Bergvall reaches his potential, an original shirt of his debut season could become very valuable.
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