As speculation continues over the future of Lucas Bergvall at Tottenham, Roberto De Zerbi has decided to give the midfielder a key role in the club’s pre-season matches.There have been contrasting reports over the Swede’s future in the British media over the last week.Last week, TEAMtalk claimed that Tottenham have changed their stance on Bergvall and are prepared to keep him after De Zerbi informed the club it would be a mistake to let him go.The same report suggested that the Spurs boss had asked the midfielder to commit himself to the project at N17 until January.However, just a few days ago, Football Insider claimed that De Zerbi had failed to convince Bergvall to stay and that the Lilywhites expect Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest to return with improved offers for the youngster.Credit: @thatfootballphotog / InstagramTottenham midfielder Lucas Bergvall appreciates increased pre-season roleFootball.London’s Alasdair Gold has now revealed that the reason the 20-year-old asked to leave earlier this summer was due to his frustration at the lack of training time as a number eight last season.However, that has changed since his return from his summer break, with the youngster getting plenty of game time in central midfield during pre-season.Rather than sulking at the rejected offers, Bergvall has ‘got his head down and continued to push under De Zerbi’, having worked positively with the Italian this summer.Not only has he started the recent pre-season games, but the Tottenham boss is also looking to try to develop in his number eight role as he wanted last season.There has been an appreciation from the player’s side that De Zerbi has given him many minutes in pre-season, but there is a realisation that those minutes may be hard to come by once the campaign kicks off.Bergvall’s transfer status has not changedGold shares that the claims over recent days that Bergvall has been offered to Barca have been dismissed by those around the midfielder.However, the journalist asserts that despite his increased involvement in pre-season, the former Djurgarden man’s transfer status has not changed.‘All options remain open’ for Bergvall, with no decision made either way as we enter the final three weeks of the transfer window. Tottenham are unlikely to cash in on the Sweden international unless their asking price of over £60m is met.READ MORE: Alasdair Gold reveals his understanding of any Tottenham interest in Folarin BalogunThe post How Lucas Bergvall has reacted to De Zerbi’s coaching at Tottenham in pre-season appeared first on Spurs Web.