Barcelona get Lucas Bergvall payback on Tottenham by beating them to next Swedish starlet
Barcelona have gotten payback on Tottenham Hotspur for the Lucas Bergvall saga, with the Catalan giants now on the verge of completing the signing of a young starlet wanted by Spurs.
It has been well documented that Spurs hijacked Barcelona’s deal for Lucas Bergvall back in January of last year, and the La Liga club will be ruing their inability to clinch that deal, given how the young midfielder has developed in North London.
However, it turns out that Barca will get the last laugh over Spurs in the pursuit of another Swedish starlet, who, like Bergvall, has been tipped for big things.
It was widely reported over recent weeks that Tottenham were working on a deal for Copenhagen winger Roony Bardghji, who has allegedly been on the Lilywhites’ radar for a long time, but the Premier League side have now been handed a major blow.
Roony Bardghji is on the verge of joining Barcelona
Fabrizio Romano has now revealed that Tottenham Hotspur are expected to fall short in their pursuit of Bardghji, who is now on the verge of moving to Camp Nou.
He claims that Barcelona are now ‘closing in’ on a deal to land the 19-year-old, with the deal now in its final stages.
The journalist says that a full agreement is expected to be reached between the parties over the coming days, with Roony Bardghji expected to link up with the Barcelona squad in July.
In a separate update, Romano revealed that Barca will only pay €2.5m (£2.1m) plus add-ons for the Copenhagen star, whose contract runs out in January, but the Danish club will retain a sell-on clause on the attacker.
Did Tottenham pass up on Bardghji?
There is no indication from Romano or anyone else that Spurs even launched a bid for the Swedish winger this summer.
This is despite Porto submitting an offer for Bardghji a little over a week ago. If Tottenham were keen on landing the teenager, one would have expected them to get involved right there and then.
Perhaps Spurs’ interest in the winger cooled in light of his recent ACL injury, which Bardghji only recovered from in March.
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