Tottenham Hotspur

We asked you to select your Tottenham player of the season from the four candidates chosen by our fan contributor.

And with the poll now closed, we can reveal the winner is... Lucas Bergvall!

Here's what Ali Speechly at at Women Of The Lane, external and on Instagram, external said about him:

Bergvall has more than lived up to the promise he showed in pre-season.

Not only has he excelled on and off the ball, he has never stopped striving for the win.

When more seasoned professionals around him have struggled to lead the team, this young player has risen to the challenge.

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Chris Collinson
BBC Sport statistician

Newcastle's Bruno Guimaraes covered the most ground this season, running 261 miles (St James' Park to Wembley is 271 miles).

He retains the award after racking up 263 miles in the competition last season.

Josko Gvardiol, Daniel Munoz, Bryan Mbeumo and Milos Kerkez complete the top five for most distance covered across the Premier League season.

Taking time on the pitch into (out of players that played over half the available minutes), Guimaraes was pipped by Newcastle team-mate in the list by team-mate Sandro Tonali who covered more ground per 90 minutes than the Brazilian…although Bruno still ran 7.2 miles per 90 minutes!

Tottenham's Dejan Kulusevski ran harder than any other player this season, covering 7.7 miles per 90 minutes on average.

West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek ran an average of 7.5 miles per 90 minutes, while Manchester City's Bernardo Silva (7.3) and Brighton's Yasin Ayari complete the top five.

Chris Collinson
BBC Sport statistician

Bournemouth and Tottenham were the most physical teams in the Premier League this season when considering the distance they covered and the number of sprints performed.

The results might explain why they had a lot of injuries.

Newcastle and Brighton were not too far behind though, with Brighton actually covering the most ground in the league, with fewer sprints.

Chelsea and Liverpool's style of play saw them sprint a lot but not cover a lot of ground, while Manchester City and Arsenal were the opposite (ran a lot but didn't sprint a lot).

Nottingham Forest very much had their own style of play this season as they both ran and sprinted the least.

Tottenham have been offered the chance to sign 29-year-old Bayern Munich and winger Leroy Sane, who will become a free agent at the end of next month (Sky Sports, external)

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Ali Speechly
Fan writer

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Season rating: 10/10. This season was mostly devastating and could easily be scored two out of 10, but we won a trophy so it was ultimately delightful, Therefore, I'm with Ange Postecoglou on this one: outstanding! And much better than finishing second and trophyless - again.

Happy with your manager? It's hard not to be happy with a manager who has done what so many others have failed to do for our club. In addition to the trophy, there were also glimmers of positivity in the Premier League – I think you can see what he is trying to build. However, I can't ignore the injuries and inconsistencies which dogged our season – so, if Ange does stay, he's still got lots of work to do.

Unsung hero: Pedro Porro. The mainstay in an injury-cursed backline, Porro was always fighting for us with his heart on his sleeve and trademark grin on his face. The only dip in performance came through fatigue, but even then he powered through to rise again. Honourable mention must go to – not only for the stunning quality of the social media content, but also the impressive quantity of it, especially since that night in Bilbao.

Player you would most like to sign: Rayan Cherki from Olympique Lyonnais. Ange's Spurs looks like the perfect stage for the Europa League's young player of the season to showcase his talent. Some sources are already convinced he is on his way to N17 – let's hope the rumours are true.

My overriding emotion from the season is: Relief! I am relieved that our worst-ever Premier League season is over. I'm also relieved – and overjoyed – that we have finally won a trophy. A season to forget? More like a victory we'll forever.

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Here's my quick assessment of Tottenham's Premier League season - and a return to my August predictions.

Ended the season: 17th

Pre-season prediction: 6th

Head or heart? This is what Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy will be weighing up as he decides the future of manager Ange Postecoglou.

The abysmal league campaign - an embarrassment to a club of Tottenham's stature - will now be ed for the glorious Europa League win in Bilbao and a first trophy since 2008.

Postecoglou lived up to his insistence, based on hard evidence, that he always wins a trophy in his second season at a club, but will it be enough to convince Levy to give him a third?

On Premier League evidence, it is very unlikely. Spurs lost 22 league games, twice as many as they won. But how can you sack a manager who has won your first trophy for 17 years and put you back in the Champions League?

We will soon find out.

What I said in August: "Really interesting season ahead for Spurs."

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Andrew Bassett
BBC Sport Data Analyst

Much has been made of Tottenham's contrasting form in the Premier League and Europa League this season.

But history suggests when Spurs lift a trophy, a dip in league performance often goes hand in hand.

Since the early 1990s, Spurs have not combined a strong league season with cup success. It has typically been one or the other.

Before this season's league struggles, the last time Spurs finished in the bottom half of the Premier League was that memorable 2007-08 season with its February flourish of a League Cup final win over Chelsea.

Since then, they have racked up 16 consecutive seasons of solid to strong Premier League finishes, but without any silverware along the way.

Going further back, the 1990-91 season offers a familiar pattern. Terry Venables' FA Cup-winning side were third in the table at the end of November. However, from the FA Cup fourth round onwards, they only managed one league win in their final 15 matches.

That's worse than the one league win in 12 matches Ange Postecoglou's side recorded at the end of this season as their focus shifted to Europe.

Laura Kenyon
Final Score reporter at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

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Tottenham's season ignites debate around a paradox rarely seen in top-flight football: immense cup success versus dismal league performance, within the neat timeframe of one footballing cycle.

For the Spurs fanbase, the discourse is whether or not a 17th place finish and a major trophy, is more preferable than top six and no trophy.

They qualify for the Champions League and avoid relegation – is that enough to satisfy decision makers such as Daniel Levy?

It poses a question of priorities.

This was surely debated back in 2010 by Portsmouth fans watching their already relegated side in an FA Cup final - and it is a question that could, in this context, influence the future of Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham.

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We asked for your thoughts after Tottenham finished a difficult Premier League season with a heavy home defeat by Brighton on the final day.

Here are some of your replies:

John: Another abject and abysmal defeat - 22 losses in 38 games speaks for itself. The Europa League win cannot mask what has been a desperately poor and disappointing domestic campaign. Ange Postecoglou is deluding himself and others. Time to go - sorry.

Ellie: '17th I don't know how, we won it in Bilbao!' This didn't really mean much, especially with the results elsewhere. At the start of the season, the aim was a trophy and we got it. Who cares about this game?

Darren: Postecoglou has to go. We got lucky in the Europa League final, but we are bottom four and got stuffed by an average Brighton. He doesn't know how to change this. With the extra games next season, we will end up relegated. He is a nice man and thank you for the cup, but it's time for a fighter who will help us never be in this position again.

Pauline: I am sad because I thought we would win this game and I fear that Ange will now be sacked. I don't want to go through another rebuild with another new manager. Please give him a few months next season and, if we are still bad, then let him go.

Ryan: Being at the match itself, you could tell that in the crowd we didn't care about the result. We were still in party mood. In the second half you could tell the players were heavily fatigued and hungover still. Brighton did what they had to do.

Richard: The Spurs manager-go-round will swing into action again soon with Daniel Levy appointing some other cheap and cheerful no-hoper. Levy is the common denominator here. Managers come, fail and go - but Mr Levy keeps his place.

Highlights and analysis from Sunday's 10 final day Premier League fixtures.

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• Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea

• Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace

• Wolves 1-1 Brentford

Tottenham assistant manager Ryan Mason is the leading candidate to become West Brom boss. (Talksport, external)

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Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has been speaking to BBC Match of the Day about the heavy defeat against Brighton: "Yeah, a disappointing result. We were pretty fatigued in the second half. The first half was okay. We controlled it pretty well, scored and should have had a second goal, but we were fatigued in the second half and the game got away from us."

On Tottenham's season: "How do I assess our season? Outstanding! We won a trophy which we haven't for 17 years and we are in the Champions League [next season]. Ask any of the ers at start of the season if they would take that, and there wouldn't be a person in the house that wouldn't."

On his future at the club: "It doesn't bother me asking me about my future. I can't answer it. I'm pretty relaxed about it. It's been an unbelievable season. I couldn't be any prouder."

On whether he has been told anything about his future: "You're asking the wrong person. Everyone in the media is intelligent enough to know I'm not the person to ask those questions to. I'll have a break and then hopefully I'll be back on the first day of next season to start things."

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Tottenham have lost 26 games in all competitions this season, the most in a single campaign in the club's history.

Tottenham suffered 22 losses in a league season for just the second time after 1934-35. It is also just the second time they have lost 10 home league games in a season after 1991-92 (11).

So the curtain has come down on Tottenham's season with a heavy defeat against Brighton.

There certainly seemed to be a hangover at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, following the club's Europa League win earlier this week, as Brighton were somewhat able to spoil Spurs' party on the final day of the season.

How are you feeling after that performance and at the end of a mixed campaign?

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Ange Postecoglou makes just three changes from the starting XI that beat Manchester United in the Europa League final.

Mathys Tel, Archie Gray and Kevin Danso come into the team, with Sergio Romero, Yves Bissouma and Richarlison dropping out.

Spurs starting XI: Vicario, Porro, Danso, Van de Ven, Udogie; Benatcur, Gray, Sarr, Johnson, Solanke, Tel

Subs: Kinsky, Spence, Davies, Bissouma, Olusei, Ajayi, Moore, Odobert, Richarlison

Striker Danny Welbeck and full-back Pervis Estupinan miss out, with Hinshelwood and Julio coming in.

Brighton starting XI: Verbruggen; Hinshelwood, Julio, Van Hecke, Webster; Wieffer, Baleba, Ayari; Hinshelwood, Minteh, Gruda, Adingra

Subs: Rushworth, Dunk, Milner, Cashin, Mitoma, Gomez, O'Riley, Vetlman, Howell

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The proverb 'he who laughs last, laughs longest' certainly applies to Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou, who has answered his critics by winning the Europa League and will be able to enjoy a party atmosphere on Sunday too.

I am delighted for Ange because some of the flak he has taken has been extraordinarily over the top. One newspaper suggested he would be known as a clown if Spurs had lost Wednesday's final, which is the kind of thing I have not read since the days when England boss Graham Taylor was compared to a turnip.

The people who write that kind of thing either do not look at Postecoglou's track record or they have been dismissive of it. Fair play to him, because he came out a few months back and talked about always winning something in his second season at a club.

He said it because it was true and also because he believed he could win a trophy this season with Spurs too and, you know what, he has gone and backed it up. There were so many people out there who were desperate for him to fail, but he has rammed that down their throats.

Postecoglou is a good guy, but people were continuously trying to poke him and provoke him in interviews. He wants to stay as Spurs boss and I hope he does but, regardless of what happens in the summer, he has proved he is a winner. He is a legendary figure at Tottenham now, and I am absolutely made up for him.

His players gave everything against Manchester United and it was a defensive masterclass. I hear a lot about how Tottenham always play the same way under Postecoglou, but that wasn't 'Ange-ball' as I know it - with their lack of possession in that game (27%), it was more like 'Ange-wall'.

I am not sure how much the Spurs players will have left in their legs for this game, especially against a Brighton team who have found a bit of form, are playing with freedom and are also looking to secure eighth place and possibly a European spot too.

That's why I am going for the Seagulls to win - but I don't think the Spurs fans will care too much about this result, and understandably so.

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

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