There is now ‘growing belief’ that Tottenham Hotspur will manage to wrap up the signing of Nottingham Forest’s Brennan Johnson.
Tottenham Hotspur are trying to sign Brennan Johnson and there is a rising sense of confidence over a potential deal.
That is according to The Mirror’s John Cross, who reports that there is a ‘growing belief’ that Johnson will end up at Tottenham today.
We’re now in the final hours of the summer transfer window and Tottenham are up against the clock in their attempts to sign Johnson.
This has been rumbling for weeks now and Cross believes that Spurs are looking likely to secure a deal worth north of £40million.
Ange Postecoglou has decided that he wants to land a versatile forward to play across the front line.
Rather than land a like-for-like replacement for Harry Kane – if that exists – Tottenham are instead going for Johnson.
The Welshman has been hailed as a ‘fantastic player’ by boss Steve Cooper and impressed with eight Premier League goals last season.
Johnson brings serious pace, the versatility to play across the Spurs attack and homegrown eligibility, with Tottenham now pressing ahead to sign him.
Tottenham have a lot of work to do on deadline day amid Brennan Johnson chase
Johnson getting over the line would be great news for Tottenham but it may well depend on some outgoings too.
Tottenham have a number of players who are simply out of the plans under Postecoglou.
Sergio Reguilon and Japhet Tanganga are set to leave with loan moves to Manchester United and Augsburg imminent.
Hugo Lloris, Eric Dier, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg and Bryan Gil are likely to be available too whilst finding a suitor for Tanguy Ndombele could be tricky.
Shifting those players out and recouping the funds to move in for Johnson sounds like a tricky task with the deadline fast approaching.
There seems to be confidence that Johnson will be a Tottenham player soon but this could be a stressful day for Spurs fans ahead of the deadline.
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