Tottenham Hotspur’s Lucas Bergvall was mainly used as a substitute in the league last season.
The midfielder’s situation has improved under Thomas Frank and he’s started six matches this season.
Bergvall was an unused substitute in both Sweden fixtures last month. In fact, he hasn’t made an appearance for them since November 2024, and there’s many not happy about that.
The Tottenham player recently said he isn’t letting himself become stressed by the situation. He says it’s a decision for manager, Jon Dahl Tomasson.
Friday’s edition of Göteborgs-Posten have relayed his comments.
“There are incredibly good players who perform week in and week out in the top leagues, then it is always up to Jon who plays, but there are incredibly good players. Sometimes you play, sometimes you don’t play,” he said.
Göteborgs-Posten have also relayed comments from Anders Andersson, who represented Sweden between 1994 and 2005.
Andersson is delighted with the manner in which the 19-year-old has conducted himself.
“I have to give Lucas Bergvall an applause because I think he handled it perfectly,” he said.
Tottenham player not providing media fuel
Andersson himself experienced competition for a place. The newspaper mentioned his battle with Tobias Linderoth during Euro 2004. Anders Svensson and Kim Källström also competed for the attacking role.
This resulted in a lot of media attention, and Andersson says it didn’t help the Sweden players. He used Bergvall as an example to explain how the situation is different now.
“I think Bergvall deserves all the praise, especially now that he didn’t get to play a single minute. I didn’t see much negativity from him about it,” he added.
“It’s good that you don’t try to spread the negative mood yourself, but that you take it internally. It’s sad for the journalists, but it’s very good for the group.”
Lucas Bergvall is expected to start against Switzerland on Friday evening.