Alasdair Gold recently spoke via a Football London podcast about the struggles of Steven Bergwijn at Tottenham.
Bergwijn joined Tottenham in the last January transfer window for £27 million.
He was one of the first signings that the club made under Jose Mourinho, but he doesn’t seem to figure in the manager’s plans currently.
The attacker had been in fine form for PSV, which prompted Spurs to splash the cash on him, but Gold reveals that he wasn’t Mourinho’s first choice and that is why he is struggling to feature for the Portuguese manager.
As Tottenham added new players to their team in the last transfer window, Bergwijn is one player that has seen his playing time affected.
Although Gareth Bale is yet to start a league game for the club, the Dutchman is still struggling to feature.
Gold claims that Mourinho is more interested in playing Erik Lamela and Lucas Moura instead of the Dutchman because those players offer more in terms of work-rate as well as playing as full-backs.
Adding that unless Bergwijn adds those attributes to his game, he probably will remain on the sidelines.
Gold said: “We know he wasn’t a Mourinho signing, he wasn’t someone that Mourinho wanted as his first choice. He very publicly, and perhaps probably shouldn’t have said, but he said that.
“I think [Erik] Lamela and Lucas [Moura], he trusts with the work rate aspect of things and to almost be like full-backs as well as wingers.
“Until Bergwijn has that in his locker, I don’t think you’ll see him as a regular.”