Steven Bergwijn could leave Tottenham Hotspur this January after a fresh update emerged this week...

What's the word?

According to Mike Verweij on De Telegraaf’s football podcast (via Sport Witness), Antonio Conte isn't keen on the Dutch winger, who could be sold or loaned out amid interest from Eredivisie champions Ajax.

"That interest in Bergwijn has been made known. Conte does not see it in him at all. Conte is also the one who opposed Bergwijn’s transfer from PSV to Italy. Inter were an interested club at the time, but Conte did not need him," he said.

"Conte has only said two words to Bergwijn in two weeks at Tottenham Hotspur. That’s why Ajax can consider him, but first Ajax will have to sell Neres."

Levy mistake

Bergwijn joined the Lilywhites in an initial £25m deal from Ajax's rivals PSV Eindhoven in January 2020, and it's fair to suggest that things have not gone to plan for the man earning a whopping £73k-per-week in north London.

Across 60 appearances, Bergwijn has scored just four goals, one of which came on his debut against Manchester City, whilst he has also delivered only nine assists, meaning he averages a direct contribution once every 243 minutes, via Transfermarkt.

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It's no surprise to hear this development after Conte snubbed the Netherlands international from his travelling squad to Slovenia to face NS Mura in the Europa Conference last week - if he can't break into the starting XI against them, then what hope does he have in the Premier League?

He has not started in the top-flight since Spurs' third game of the season, whilst under the stewardship of Nuno Santo, which is another telling sign that he has been out of sorts.

On the above evidence alone, it's evident that chairman Daniel Levy made a grave mistake in sanctioning this transfer, especially as the manager at the time, Jose Mourinho, didn't even want to sign him, as he publicly revealed in the past.

"I'm always very honest on this – he wasn’t my first option when we decided to make a movement in the winter," the 58-year-old told reporters (via the Evening Standard).

He will surely be laughing over in Rome right now as he has proven to be correct, and now Conte could be about to rectify the error by offloading the 24-year-old in January.

When factoring in the initial fee and wages, the £19.8m-rated dynamo has cost the north Londoners around £32m, and counting, in total - an expensive disaster.

It's time for Spurs to save face and accept they were wrong here. He must be axed at the turn of the year.

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