‘Fantastic for Spurs’: Sky pundit says Tottenham about to sign ‘one of the quickest players’

Darren Ambrose says Nottingham Forest star Brennan Johnson is going to be a ‘fantastic signing’ for Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham.

The former midfielder thinks that Brennan Johnson is ‘one of the quickest players’ in the Premier League.

There is every chance the Nottingham Forest star leaves his boyhood club before transfer deadline day, with Ambrose thinking the possible ‘£50 million’ transfer fee on his head ‘isn’t a lot of money’ in the footballing world, as he told The Transfer Show on Sky Sports.

After an upbeat and unbeaten start to the new Premier League season, Tottenham were knocked out of the League Cup by Fulham on Tuesday.

That has dampened the mood in the Spurs camp, but bringing in a few players before Friday’s transfer deadline day would certainly change that.

And when Ambrose was told about Johnson possibly heading to Spurs, he was delighted to hear about it, as he also shared that he played with the 22-year-old’s dad.

“I really like Brennan Johnson,” said Ambrose. “I think he is fantastic. He is only 22. I actually played with his Dad, David, at Ipswich. That makes me feel extremely old.

“He will hate me for saying this. But I think Brennan is a better player than his Dad was and he was a fantastic player.

“But the pace he has got. He must be one of the quickest players in the Premier League. He’s not a like-for-like replacement for Harry Kane. We know that.

“He is more of a wide player. But I think you can integrate him into that number nine role. It’s blase to say £50 million isn’t a lot of money. But in the crazy world of football, it’s not that much. I think this would be a fantastic signing for Spurs.”

In Postecoglou’s new attacking system, Johnson is someone who would thrive and help elevate a team that has made a strong start to the new season.

But it’s added quality in the forward areas for a team that will back themselves to blow anyone and everyone away in the Premier League.