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Tottenham Hotspur are now closing in on the signing of Nottingham Forest forward Brennan Johnson with a deal expected this week.
Nottingham Forest are confident that Tottenham Hotspur will now strike a deal to sign attacker Brennan Johnson.
That is according to The Times, who report that Tottenham are closing in on bringing Johnson to North London.
It’s stated that Tottenham are ‘getting closer’ to a £50million deal for Johnson with the Forest attacker preferring Spurs to Brentford.
The report adds that Forest are now ‘confident’ that Tottenham will agree a deal for Johnson before Friday’s transfer deadline.
There is real potential for some Spurs players to go in the opposite direction with defender Davinson Sanchez a prime candidate.
The Colombian centre back has been linked with a Tottenham exit all summer and Forest could be his new home as part of a deal for Johnson.
This comes after Football London’s Alasdair Gold reported on Sunday that Johnson has become Ange Postecoglou’s number one transfer target.
The Telegraph added on Monday that Daniel Levy has been in direct talks with Forest to secure Johnson, hopefully a sign that a deal is close from a Tottenham perspective.
Brennan Johnson brings something different to Tottenham Hotspur
We can understand some scepticism around Tottenham’s move for Johnson.
The 22-year-old isn’t a natural replacement for Harry Kane and Tottenham are likely paying up big money to bring him in.
Johnson scored eight goals in the Premier League last season which is a far cry from the numbers Kane was putting up.
The Wales international shouldn’t be viewed as the out-and-out Kane replacement though
Johnson – hailed as ‘very exciting’ by Ian Wright – will be viewed, in the eyes of Postecoglou, as a player who can operate right across the front line.
The main factor here is that Johnson has blistering pace, something completely different to Tottenham’s other attacking options.
Postecoglou will believe that Johnson can give so much flexibility to Spurs in the final third.
In some games, Johnson can play down the right flank instead of Dejan Kulusevski. In others, he could be Tottenham’s central striker, or he could play on the left and allow Son Heung-min to play up top.
That flexibility and fluidity will appeal so much to Postecoglou and when you add in that Johnson is a homegrown talent, Spurs will think they are onto a winner here.