Tottenham ready to raid Premier League rivals for £50m ace with West Ham, Crystal Palace and Brentford in transfer hunt
TOTTENHAM are preparing a late transfer window move for £50million-rated Nottingham Forest ace Brennan Johnson ahead of Friday’s deadline.
SunSport understands that no concrete offer has come in yet for the forward — but that Spurs have renewed their interest in the Wales international.
The North Londoners’ boss Ange Postecoglou (right) is ready to spend some of the initial £86m from the sale of Harry Kane on Johnson.
Forest officials are bracing themselves for an offer to come from Spurs ahead of the transfer window shutting later this week.
Nottingham-born Johnson, 22, has been interesting a string of clubs all summer — including Chelsea.
West Ham, Crystal Palace and Brentford have also asked about the Forest academy product, who signed a four-year deal at the City Ground 13 months ago.
Brentford have already had an offer of around £40m rejected for Johnson. But Spurs’ interest is likely to accelerate over the next few days.
It is thought Postecoglou is not looking for a direct replacement for Kane in terms of style.
The club have already spent £168.6m this summer, with £40m James Maddison their main attacking recruit so far.
Forest boss Steve Cooper admits he has tried not to let speculation over Johnson’s future get in the way of the club’s on-field progress.
Cooper said recently he was “not losing any sleep” over talk of the player making an exit.
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