With Antoine Semenyo, Omar Marmoush, and Savinho off the table and Tottenham Hotspur unsure which top forward, if any, they could potentially sign to their squad in the January transfer window, the most interesting transfer news surrounding Spurs now deals with a current forward of their own in Brennan Johnson.
Although Johnson scored plenty of goals from the wing last season and earned a reputation for being a bit of a poacher, including a very important winner against Manchester United in the Europa League Final, he always had issues with doing just about anything else at a Premier League quality level on the wings.
And then this season, Johnson has really fallen off, with Thomas Frank, who did value Johnson highly as a transfer target when he was coaching Brentford, unable to get anything out of the Welsh international. Johnson's stock at Spurs has only fallen further, and it is to the point where the Mohammed Kudus transfer has pretty much made Johnson a non factor in the offense.
Tottenham have another option now
Now, Tottenham are mulling over possible transfer destinations for a sale this January, and Mark McAdam of Sky Sports just reported that in addition to Crystal Palace, who have well established interest in Brennan Johnson, Bournemouth are also eyeing the player. He could have a big role to play for the Cherries, too, because they are about to lose Premier League Player of the Season candidate Antoine Semenyo to Manchester City.
The real twist in McAdam's report comes later, though. He states that it is still actually "unclear" if Spurs are willing to sell Johnson this winter, and he floats the idea of a January loan deal as being another option for Johnson in 2026. He goes on to describe this transfer as a "tough deal".
What's interesting, though, is that most of the other reporters, especially those close to Tottenham Hotspur, seem to be indicating that Johnson is close to a slam dunk to go because of his diminished role in the attack and his lack of a stylistic fit for what Frank is doing.
A loan deal is plausible, perhaps with a juicy option to buy if Johnson plays well, but if he is not even starting for Spurs anyway and Tottenham can get a nice chunk of change between 30 and 40 million pounds for them, then it would be puzzling for Spurs to not just take the money and run.