Lucas Bergvall turned down Barcelona before completing a move to Tottenham Hotspur.
In February 2024, Tottenham agreed a deal with Djurgården for the 19-year-old to arrive at the north London club in the summer of that year, and they beat Barcelona to secure his services.
Earlier this year, Djurgården sporting director Bosse Andersson explained Barcelona were extremely disappointed to have missed out on the midfielder to Tottenham.
Fast forward to September and Tuesday’s edition of AS again talks about the Catalan club losing the Sweden international to the Europa League winners.
They report everything pointed to Bergvall ‘packing his bags’ to leave his homeland and make a switch to Barcelona, after they reached an agreement with him for personal terms and Djurgården for a transfer fee of around €15m including bonuses.
The operation didn’t go through because Spurs snatched him from the La Liga winners’ clutches.
AS claim Bergvall’s compatriot Dejan Kulusevski and a delegation from the north London club played a key role in convincing the youngster to snub Barcelona.
The move has worked out well for the young Swede, who played 45 games last season and five so far this season. The newspaper backs him to be an important player while the Spanish giants seem still disappointed over missing out on Bergvall to Tottenham.