Window could hold key to Conte’s tenure and compromising on players such as Bergwijn promises to be vital for the budget
For Steven Bergwijn, it comes down to a single issue, which involves a question for Antonio Conte. Does the
Tottenham manager intend to play him? If he does, then Bergwijn would be a happy man – as he was on Wednesday when Conte started him in the Carabao Cup quarter-final against West Ham.
The Netherlands winger, who scored one and set up the other for Lucas Moura in Spurs’s 2-1 win, wants to succeed at the club. It is his priority. Not every player can make the step from the Eredivisie to the
Premier League and Bergwijn wants to prove that he can do it, having moved from PSV Eindhoven for an initial €30m in January 2020.