3 min read
Tottenham respond after Chelsea fail with approach to sign Lucas Bergvall
metro.co.uk
Saturday, February 14, 2026
Lucas Bergvall attracted interest from Chelsea and Aston Villa in January (PA Wire) Chelsea made an approach to sign Tottenham midfielder Lucas Bergvall in the January transfer window, according to reports. Bergvall, who is currently sidelined after undergoing ankle surgery last month, is in ...
Chelsea made an approach to sign Tottenham midfielder Lucas Bergvall in the January transfer window, according to reports.
Bergvall, who is currently sidelined after undergoing ankle surgery last month, is in his second season with Spurs after joining in an £8.5 million deal from Swedish side Djurgarden in 2024.
The 20-year-old was named as Tottenham’s Player of the Season last term as he helped the club win the Europa League under Ange Postecoglou.
According to The Athletic, Chelsea and Aston Villa both made an approach to Spurs over a deal for Bergvall in the January window.
However, Spurs are said to have ‘made it clear’ that the Sweden international is not for sale.
Villa went on to sign Douglas Luiz for a second time on loan from Juventus, while they have the option to make that deal permanent for €25m (£23.4m) this summer.
Get your football fix
Don't want to miss the week's biggest football stories? Metro's exclusive football newsletter, In The Mixer, is your essential guide.
From the latest transfer rumours and managerial moves to analysis of the biggest games and a lot more, our experts have you covered.
Sign up here, it's an open goal.
Chelsea had also made an approach for Douglas Luiz before he returned to Villa.
Speaking this week, Postecoglou crticised Spurs for failing to recruit more experienced Premier League players after his first season in charge.
Instead, Spurs opted to sign Dominic Solanke alongside three teenagers in Bergvall, Archie Gray and Wilson Odobert.
‘At the end of my first year, when we finished fifth, for me, OK, how do you go from fifth to really challenging? Well, we had to sign Premier League-leading players,’ Postecoglou said on The Overlap.
‘But finishing fifth that year didn’t get us Champions League, we didn’t have the money. So we ended up signing Dom Solanke… I was really keen on him, I really liked him, then three teenagers.
‘I was looking at Pedro Neto, [Bryan] Mbeumo and [Antoine] Semenyo at the time, Marc Guehi, because I said we need… if we’re going to go from fifth to there, that’s what the other big clubs would do in that moment.
‘And those three teenagers are outstanding young players, brilliant young players. I think they’ll be great players for Tottenham but they’re not going to get you from fifth to fourth.’
For more stories like this, check our sport page.
Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Read the full article
Continue reading on metro.co.uk
