Ange Postecoglou explains why Tottenham signed Brennan Johnson
Spurs have reinvested among the cash obtained from Bayern Munich for Harry Kane on the 22-year-old Wales worldwide, who scored eight targets and offered three assists to assist Nottingham Forest keep away from relegation final season.
Johnson was not registered in time to function in Saturday’s 5-2 thrashing of Burnley at Turf Moor, however his arrival ought to add one other dimension to a Tottenham facet who have been impressed by Son Heung-min’s hat-trick and will have scored much more in an thrilling attacking show.
“He’s just another exciting young player,” Postecoglou instructed reporters.
“He’s a real threat in the front third, he’s different from what we’ve already got, he’s young and ambitious. It’s no secret that’s the model for me.
“It’s just as much about the person as well as the footballer, and looking at him he’s going to fit in really well with this group. He’s ambitious and hungry and wants to take his game to the next level.
“The technical and the physical attributes he has, he should fit in really well.”
Johnson was the ninth signing of a busy window for Tottenham, who spent greater than £200m to reshape the squad in Postecoglou’s model.
But the Australian mentioned it was simply the beginning and that there’s extra work that he desires to do in in future switch home windows.
“When you look at the team we have now, we virtually changed half the starting line-up, the way we train, the way we coach,” he mentioned.
“The rebuild was never going to be one window.”