Swedish talent Lucas Bergvall will join with his new teammates at Tottenham Hotspur in the summer, and not Barcelona. The 18-year-old was wanted by many of the most important clubs in Europe, but when it seemed that Barcelona had won the race for his signature, Spurs appeared at the last moment.
“I feel better in my stomach. They are both incredible clubs,” Bergvall said after making the move.
“It was a very difficult choice, it was 50-50 for a long time, but I felt that the next step for me was Tottenham. It was not very easy to say no to Barcelona, it took me a long time to decide . It was a difficult decision.”
However Sport say that Barcelona feel that the agents are to blame for the collapse of the agreement. While it was previously reported that Bergvall's family persuaded him to take the Spurs offer over Barcelona, feeling it was more suitable, the Catalan newspaper say that is partly down to Bergvall's agents.
They believe that they used the name of Barcelona for many mounts to gain publicity and attention for their client, and they play Barcelona while inflating their price for Spurs. In his mind, the teenager wanted to move to the Blaugrana, but things started to go wrong in the last hours of the transfer market.
His story is that the agents, Nordic Sky, who also represent Martin Odegaard, asked for about 20% in commission over the 10% that is customary. Equally, they demanded that Bergvall be given a place in the first team rather than the initially agreed enrollment at Barca Atletic.
The Sports Director Deco did not move from the offer they had made despite the questions, and seeing their intentions, but in the end, Spurs agreed to an agreement with Djurgardens for more money.
Bergvall, the agents and the Djurgardens will earn more from the deal going through, and if Barcelona cannot match that price, then they are likely to lose a number of players. Equally, it is perhaps concerning that a former agent like Deco has not encountered these movements before.
