Tottenham Hotspur center midfielder Lucas Bergvall finally made his return to the pitch after several weeks out with another injury, and Spurs supporters can only hope that the Swedish international stays healthy with Spurs in the thick of a tough relegation fight.
Bergvall is one of the biggest gems in the Premier League, even if the mainstream has neglected how high his potential is. Even though he got injured at the end of the campaign, the young midfielder was crucial to Spurs capturing the Europa League crown last season, and he is such a fiery box to box midfielder that clubs as big as Real Madrid are watching him closely.
With Thomas Frank, who seemed to always play Bergvall in a suboptimal role, out of the way, Bergvall has a massive opportunity on his hands now that he is back from injury. And Tottenham Hotspur supporters hope that their latest Swedish star will follow in the footsteps of another young gem midfielder on the Real Madrid transfer radar.
Lucas Bergvall's time to shine now
Archie Gray has been the bigget winner of the several winners of the Igor Tudor appointment. Even when Tottenham were playing very poorly, Gray was distinguishing himself positively, and he put himself on a more mainstream radar with a dazzling display in the win over Atletico Madrid.
If that is what Gray can do away from the shackles of whatever supposed system Thomas Frank was implementing at the N17, then imagine what his No. 8 counterpart Lucas Bergvall can do in the coming games once he lands into health and form.
Gray has set down the gauntlet to Bergvall of what is capable without Frank at the helm, and so Bergvall can look to what the former Leeds Unitd man is doing as an example to follow. Tottenham fans have both the utmost confidence and the utmost faith in Bergvall, who, in the next few years, should be establishing himself as one of the top midfielders in European football.
That journey can begin now. It should have already begun this season, but, again, Frank had no real clue what to do with him. Nor did he Gray, who is beginning to show his own signs of future superstardom in the iconic Lilywhite kit. Bergvall is such a tremendous athlete with the verve to get forward and add to goals, and there is no way Tudor holds him back in favor of Conor Gallagher.