Expectations for Lucas Veribal seem pretty high.
Born in 2006, Veribal, an 18-year-old midfielder, grew up in Sweden for IF Bromapoicarna Youth. He made his debut in July 2022 when he was called up to the first team, and in October he scored his professional debut goal, raising high expectations from his fans. Afterwards, he started to make his name known by his outstanding performances even after moving to the Jurgodens in the same league in 2022.
Many “big clubs” were interested in him through this winter’s transfer window. Indeed, many clubs including Manchester United, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Juventus, and Arsenal are found to be drooling over him. In particular, they had strong links to the club. Spain’s Relebo said, “Barcelona will conclude its bid for Veribal in the winter and sign him in June. The player hopes to stay in Sweden for the rest of the season. He has already expressed a positive stance on joining the club.”
The situation is actually very close to going to Barcelona. As Tottenham stepped in, the situation started to change rapidly and eventually succeeded in hijacking Verbal. He told Swedish media outlet Aftonbladet, “Both clubs are incredible. They were really difficult choices. But I felt Tottenham was the right club in my next step. It wasn’t easy to reject Barcelona,” explaining why he chose Tottenham.
Veribal, who will join Tottenham in earnest from the 2024-25 season, seems to have high expectations for him within Tottenham’s club. Spurs Webb, a Tottenham fan community, said on the 3rd (Korea time), “Reporter Alessdair Gold expects Tottenham to lease Jamie Donley this summer to make room for Veribal to join the team.” Donley, an attacking midfielder born in 2005, is a Tottenham “Sunggol Youth” and is a highly anticipated prospect in the club. 고소득알바
“Reporter Gold said on his channel, ‘Donley will have to leave on loan due to Veribal and Alfie Devine. Things can change, of course. There could be injuries, and his position could change after a great performance in the pre-season,'” he added.