{"id":288143,"date":"2023-08-28T15:34:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T15:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=288143"},"modified":"2023-08-28T15:34:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T15:34:54","slug":"tottenham-edge-closer-to-deal-for-nottingham-forests-brennan-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/tottenham-edge-closer-to-deal-for-nottingham-forests-brennan-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham edge closer to deal for Nottingham Forest&apos;s Brennan Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tottenham edge closer to \u00a350m deal for Nottingham Forest&#8217;s Brennan Johnson but Brentford are still lurking as they seek cover for banned Ivan Toney<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tottenham eye up a move for Nottingham Forest forward Brennan Johnson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Visit the\u00a0Transfer Confidential\u00a0column for more information before deadline day<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>To get Transfer Confidential sent directly as a newsletter to your inbox every Monday go to mailplus.co.uk\/transferconfidential\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brennan Johnson&#8217;s move to Tottenham is expected to take shape after their Carabao Cup game with Fulham tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Talks took place at the weekend over a move that Confidential first told you about in July and Tottenham are willing to offer a cash plus players deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some of those available players could figure on Tuesday evening and the game will give Nottingham Forest the opportunity to assess further who could fit in with Steve Cooper&#8217;s side &#8211; should they agree to the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Brentford have not gone away either as they look to replace\u00a0striker Ivan Toney after his ban for breaching FA betting rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/13\/74793969-12453065-image-a-17_1693224049760.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wales&#8217; Brennan Johnson may join Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s Spurs or Thomas Frank at Brentford<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/13\/74794375-12453065-image-a-27_1693224594431.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Johnson has performed well under Steve Cooper as he helped to keep Forest up last season<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham will be turning to Johnson for goals after Harry Kane&#8217;s departure to Bayern Munich and Richarlison&#8217;s struggles up top.<\/p>\n<p>The Welsh forward has eight goals and three assists for Forest in the Premier League.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brentford made another approach at the end of last week after having bids up to \u00a340m rejected earlier in the window and seeing a \u00a334m offer dismissed for Nicolas Gonzalez of Fiorentina.<\/p>\n<p>The Bees have signed Nathan Collins from Wolves for \u00a323m and made the loan of Freiburg&#8217;s Kevin Schade permanent for \u00a322m.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Tottenham were among the clubs represented at Clermont Foot this weekend where another potential target Metz striker Georges Mikautadze scored the winner for the away side.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/28\/13\/74793965-12453065-image-m-29_1693224957218.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Johnson has started all of Forest&#8217;s opening games of the season but is yet to get off the mark<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12453065\/Tottenham-edge-closer-50m-deal-Nottingham-Forests-Brennan-Johnson-Brentford-lurking-seek-cover-banned-Ivan-Toney.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham edge closer to \u00a350m deal for Nottingham Forest&#8217;s Brennan Johnson but Brentford are still lurking as they seek cover for banned Ivan Toney Tottenham eye up a move for Nottingham Forest forward Brennan Johnson Visit the\u00a0Transfer Confidential\u00a0column for more information before deadline day To get Transfer Confidential sent directly as a newsletter to your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288142,"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 - 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