Antonio Conte and Fabio Paratici are going to have a decision to make in the coming weeks over what exactly they do following Steven Bergwijn's Tottenham exit. Following a lack of playing time over the past 18 months, the Dutchman bid farewell to north London on Friday after completing a £27.8million move to Ajax.
Tipped to return to the club he represented at youth level back in January, the 25-year-old instead remained at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium but his game time didn't improve as he continued to play a bit-part role. Now that he has sealed his return to the Johan Cruijff ArenA, Bergwijn has admitted that the transfer process first started 18 months ago as the Dutch giants looked to get their man.
"It took a while, it was a lot of back and forth but here we are," he said in an interview with Ajax's official website. "It started about a year and a half ago. At a certain point, I started playing a bit less at Tottenham, then Ajax came knocking a few times. It almost happened then but, one way or another, it didn't work out then. Now, it has finally happened."
