Honestly my heart always beats for Chelsea– Player reveals plans to play for Chelsea
“I honestly can’t really remember,” 20 year old Lucas Bergstrom revealed when asked about his journey to being a Chelsea goalkeeper.
“I began playing football quite young, the summer before I turned five, and at some point I was just in goal,” Bergstrom added. “I was tall, so I think that meant I was always the goalkeeper.”
Bergstrom played against Wrexham and Fulham during pre-season for the Blues.
“Chelsea scouted me for the first time when I was 13,” recalls Bergstrom. “They followed my progress from that point. A lot of things happened – I had trials at different clubs – but Chelsea always kept that interest.
“I played a couple of national team games at around 15 years old and I had other teams in England interested, but my heart was always for Chelsea because they were first.
“I knew a lot of people, and some players, so when the time came to make a decision it was an easy decision to sign the contract. It was a long process but I am very happy with the choice I made.”
“When I was around 10 or 11 years old, I wasn’t really enjoying it as much,” Bergstrom said about being a goalkeeper. “So there was a period when I was playing for my local team out on pitch and for my club at the time, TPS, in goal.
“So I played both and I did love playing on the pitch – you get to score goals! But when I reached 14 though, I was only playing for TPS. From that point, I was always in goal.
“But playing out on the pitch was important; it allowed me to develop with my feet but also understand the game from a different perspective and different positions on the pitch. It helped a lot.”