{"id":287848,"date":"2023-08-26T01:36:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T01:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=287848"},"modified":"2023-08-26T01:36:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T01:36:46","slug":"chris-sutton-fears-selling-johnson-to-tottenham-would-kill-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/chris-sutton-fears-selling-johnson-to-tottenham-would-kill-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Sutton fears selling Johnson to Tottenham would &apos;kill&apos; Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Selling Brennan Johnson to Tottenham for \u00a350m will &#8216;kill Nottingham Forest&#8217;, says Chris Sutton, as he analyses the transfer with Ian Ladyman on Mail Sport&#8217;s It&#8217;s All Coming Up show<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tottenham are preparing a \u00a350m bid\u00a0for Nottingham Forest&#8217;s Brennan Johnson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But Mail Sport&#8217;s Chris Sutton fears selling the Welsh forward will harm Forest<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>WATCH: It&#8217;s All Coming Up &#8211; Mail Sport&#8217;s preview show for the weekend&#8217;s football<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chris Sutton believes Nottingham Forest and their manager Steve Cooper will be &#8216;absolutely killed&#8217; if the club sell star man Brennan Johnson to Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs are preparing to launch a \u00a350million bid for the Wales international, 22, who would prefer to sign for the north London club over other suitors Chelsea and West Ham.<\/p>\n<p>Forest have already rejected a number of offers up to \u00a335m from Brentford for Johnson and will likely see their resolve tested ahead of next week&#8217;s transfer deadline.<\/p>\n<p>But <span>Mail Sport<\/span>\u00a0columist and former Premier League striker Sutton fears Forest could do themselves more harm than good by taking the cash now for a player who supplied 10 goals and three assists last season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Well, it&#8217;s going to absolutely kill Nottingham Forest and Steve Cooper,&#8217; Sutton told Mail Sport&#8217;s It&#8217;s All Coming Up podcast.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/25\/07\/74682551-12441463-Nottingham_Forest_star_Brennan_Johnson_is_attracting_serious_int-a-3_1692946691898.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nottingham Forest star Brennan Johnson is attracting serious interest from Tottenham<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/25\/19\/74734435-12441463-image-a-20_1692989864792.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Wales international forward is valued at \u00a350m by Forest and Spurs are preparing a bid<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He can&#8217;t be in a hurry to get rid of Brennan Johnson, however much money Nottingham Forest get. I get why Ange Postecoglou would be in for Brennan Johnson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think that, you know, we&#8217;ve sort of had a look at the Tottenham team in the first couple of games. You can see the progress Postecoglou has made, but it&#8217;s not really his team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As such, he&#8217;s inherited a large part of that squad and he will want to bring his own players in, which fit his way of playing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s healthy, it was interesting, the forward line which he had there, and in terms of the different attributes he likes across the forward line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Some of them were really good athletes, that movement in behind, which I think he would utilise Brennan Johnson for off the wide areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;[James] Maddison on the half turn, feeding and Brennan Johnson, I think that would fit Tottenham&#8217;s style of play. He&#8217;s young, he&#8217;s versatile, can play a number of positions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/25\/19\/74713457-12441463-Mail_Sport_pundit_Chris_Sutton_right_speaking_to_Ian_Ladyman_lef-a-18_1692989595028.jpg\" height=\"354\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport pundit Chris Sutton (right), speaking to co-host and football editor Ian Ladyman (left) on the It&#8217;s All Coming Up podcast, fears for Forest&#8217;s survival chances if Johnson leaves\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/25\/07\/74682549-12441463-Sutton_does_see_how_Johnson_can_fit_nicely_into_Ange_Postecoglou-a-4_1692946692005.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sutton does see how Johnson can fit nicely into Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s system at Tottenham<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Forest are still think they&#8217;re going to have a fight on their hands in the Premier League so losing arguably your best player, that&#8217;s a bit of a no-no, isn&#8217;t it?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport&#8217;s football editor Ian Ladyman agreed, saying that losing Johnson would &#8216;rip the heart and soul out of Steve Cooper&#8217;s team.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Forest opened their Premier League campaign with a 2-1 defeat at Arsenal but recovered to defeat Sheffield United by the same scoreline on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper&#8217;s side make the trip to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United this Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span><span>&#8216;It&#8217;s All Coming Up&#8217; is the <span>punchy, short and sharp<\/span> little brother of Mail Sport&#8217;s new weekly podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;, featuring Chief Football Writer Ian Ladyman and star columnist Chris Sutton on a heated pre-weekend Zoom chat.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12441463\/Selling-Brennan-Johnson-Tottenham-50m-kill-Nottingham-Forest-says-Chris-Sutton-analyses-transfer-Ian-Ladyman-Mail-Sports-Coming-show.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selling Brennan Johnson to Tottenham for \u00a350m will &#8216;kill Nottingham Forest&#8217;, says Chris Sutton, as he analyses the transfer with Ian Ladyman on Mail Sport&#8217;s It&#8217;s All Coming Up show Tottenham are preparing a \u00a350m bid\u00a0for Nottingham Forest&#8217;s Brennan Johnson But Mail Sport&#8217;s Chris Sutton fears selling the Welsh forward will harm Forest WATCH: It&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chris Sutton fears selling Johnson to Tottenham would &amp;apos;kill&amp;apos; 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