De Zerbi keen for Bergvall to stay at Spurs despite no guarantee on starting spot

[p]The 20-year-old reportedly wants to leave, with interest from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nottingham/UsushcZr/"]Nottingham Forest[/a].[/p][p]His future was cast into doubt by the recent arrivals of club-record signings [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matheus-fernandes/6HUilY58/"]Matheus Fernandes[/a] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/west-ham/Cxq57r8g/"]West Ham[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tonali-sandro/fmQVO5TQ/"]Sandro Tonali[/a] from Newcastle.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Spurs[/a] manager [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-zerbi-roberto/pYizckpN/"]De Zerbi[/a] denied [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergvall-lucas/th3mAHj9/"]Bergvall[/a] had told him he was looking for an exit after starting him in the pre-season friendly against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sydney-fc/6JsBlXVI/"]Sydney FC[/a] on Wednesday.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/sydney-fc-6JsBlXVI/tottenham-UDg08Ohm/?mid=Kfj0AnZG"]Tottenham won 4-2 on penalties after the match finished 1-1.[/a][/p][p][b]"I'm always being very clear with him and with you. I would like that he stays with us," [/b]De Zerbi said.[/p][p][b]"I think he's potentially a top, top player. But then I don't want to convince anyone to stay.[/b][/p][p][b]"Tottenham is already, without me, a top club and we are not to convince anyone to stay.[/b][/p][p][b]"I can't give, for any player in the world, a place in the first XI guaranteed."[/b][/p][embed guid="bca0664e-f16e-4cfd-89b7-cf334794bff7" url="https://x.com/BBCMOTD/status/2082482918681665798" social-type="twitter" /][p]French striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tel-mathys/drANB1N8/"]Mathys Tel[/a] scored a stunning free-kick to put Spurs 1-0 ahead at half-time against Sydney, but they failed to capitalise and the hosts' new Japanese signing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sekine-takahiro/fubnOKXo/"]Takahiro Sekine[/a] levelled.[/p][p]Tottenham's shootout win came after a 2-0 victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/auckland-fc/2J7jacL6/"]Auckland FC[/a] on Sunday as they build towards their English Premier League opener against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brentford/xYe7DwID/"]Brentford[/a] on August 22.[/p][p][b]"I think we played well, especially in the first half,"[/b] he said.[/p][p][b]"In the second half, we changed many players, but good quality of play, good performances and I think we are working very well with the younger players."[/b][/p][p]Tonali missed Tottenham's first tour game with a niggle, but played the entire second half, while fellow new recruit [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/robertson-andrew/6e7Be9VI/"]Andy Robertson[/a] was given a 25-minute debut.[/p][p]But there was no appearance from Fernandes, whose absence De Zerbi attributed to "just fatigue, in the calf, and also for him, we took the decision not to take any risks".[/p][embed guid="065287df-485b-4383-80f2-cbaf73d018fb" url="https://x.com/SpursOfficial/status/2082515453075681652" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Italian manager suggested Fernandes would also miss Tottenham's final tour match against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] in Sydney on Saturday.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/maddison-james/YwP0q0m8/"]James Maddison[/a] was another absentee along with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/danso-kevin/z1MBQMNN/"]Kevin Danso[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/udogie-iyenoma/ERi6Ggec/"]Destiny Udogie[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-de-ven-micky/rotN6HH8/"]Micky van de Ven[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-hecke-jan-paul/WG59HGIH/"]Jan Paul van Hecke[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/solanke-dominic/OrADwZse/"]Dominic Solanke[/a].[/p][p][b]"Danso, van de Ven, Solanke, Jan Paul van Hecke, I thought they were not ready yet to play without risk,"[/b] De Zerbi said.[/p][p][b]"Maybe some of them can play the next game, on Saturday against Chelsea. Maybe not in the beginning, maybe at the beginning Robertson and Sandro Tonali.[/b][/p][p][b]"It is about managing the players. I wouldn't like to take any risks."[/b][/p]