Offering Brennan Johnson to Tottenham for £50m will ‘kill Nottingham Forest’, says Chris Sutton, as he analyses the transfer with Ian Ladyman on Mail Sport’s It truly is All Coming Up demonstrate
Tottenham are planning a £50m bid for Nottingham Forest’s Brennan JohnsonBut Mail Sport’s Chris Sutton fears providing the Welsh ahead will hurt ForestWATCH: It’s All Coming Up – Mail Sport’s preview display for the weekend’s football
Chris Sutton believes Nottingham Forest and their manager Steve Cooper will be ‘absolutely killed’ if the club offer star guy Brennan Johnson to Tottenham.
Spurs are making ready to start a £50million bid for the Wales international, 22, who would want to sign for the north London club about other suitors Chelsea and West Ham.
Forest have by now rejected a quantity of features up to £35m from Brentford for Johnson and will likely see their take care of analyzed forward of upcoming week’s transfer deadline.
But Mail Sport columist and former Premier League striker Sutton fears Forest could do themselves far more damage than fantastic by having the money now for a participant who equipped 10 goals and three assists previous year.
‘Well, it really is likely to totally get rid of Nottingham Forest and Steve Cooper,’ Sutton instructed Mail Sport’s It really is All Coming Up podcast.
Nottingham Forest star Brennan Johnson is attracting severe fascination from Tottenham
The Wales global forward is valued at £50m by Forest and Spurs are planning a bid
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‘He can not be in a hurry to get rid of Brennan Johnson, on the other hand significantly revenue Nottingham Forest get. I get why Ange Postecoglou would be in for Brennan Johnson.
‘I imagine that, you know, we have form of had a appear at the Tottenham team in the 1st pair of video games. You can see the development Postecoglou has manufactured, but it truly is not definitely his workforce.
‘As this sort of, he’s inherited a significant section of that squad and he will want to bring his possess gamers in, which in good shape his way of enjoying.
‘It’s healthier, it was appealing, the ahead line which he experienced there, and in phrases of the different attributes he likes throughout the ahead line.
‘Some of them have been genuinely good athletes, that movement in guiding, which I imagine he would utilise Brennan Johnson for off the broad areas.
‘[James] Maddison on the 50 % change, feeding and Brennan Johnson, I believe that would suit Tottenham’s type of play. He’s youthful, he is functional, can perform a range of positions.
Mail Activity pundit Chris Sutton (appropriate), talking to co-host and soccer editor Ian Ladyman (remaining) on the It really is All Coming Up podcast, fears for Forest’s survival prospects if Johnson leaves
Sutton does see how Johnson can in good shape properly into Ange Postecoglou’s system at Tottenham
‘Forest are however feel they are likely to have a fight on their fingers in the Leading League so losing arguably your ideal participant, which is a bit of a no-no, isn’t it?’
Mail Sport’s soccer editor Ian Ladyman agreed, stating that losing Johnson would ‘rip the heart and soul out of Steve Cooper’s group.’
Forest opened their Leading League marketing campaign with a 2-1 defeat at Arsenal but recovered to defeat Sheffield United by the exact scoreline on Friday night.
Cooper’s facet make the trip to Aged Trafford to get on Manchester United this Saturday.
‘It’s All Coming Up’ is the punchy, shorter and sharp very little brother of Mail Sport’s new weekly podcast ‘It’s All Kicking Off’, that includes Chief Football Writer Ian Ladyman and star columnist Chris Sutton on a heated pre-weekend Zoom chat.