Tottenham Hotspur have been actively shopping young right winger Brennan Johnson on the January transfer market, as the Welsh international has fallen down the depth chart and is barely utilized by new manager Thomas Frank, who was initially tabbed as a potential positive for the former Nottingham Forest man.
Johnson can barely get a game for Spurs, though he is not lacking for suitors on the transfer market. A handful of clubs are going after Johnson, and it appears Crystal Palace and Bournemouth are the two favorites to sign him. In fact, David Ornstein of The Athletic recently reported that Tottenham and Crystal Palace have actually reached an agreement on a transfer, pending Johnson's approval and weighing of the other suitors, including Everton and Aston Villa.
It is basically a formality that Tottenham will sell Johnson at this stage, and fans will want to see Spurs use the money generating from the approximately 35 million pound sale on a better and higher upside winger prospect.
Tottenham's top target is coming into view
According to reporting from Sami Mokbel of BBC Sport, Tottenham Hotspur are understood to have an interest in both RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande and Savinho of Manchester City. Both players are familiar transfer targets for Spurs fans to read about, and they are two players the majority of supporters would love to see at the club.
It is questionable, however, if Savinho will even be available. Spurs will likely push hard for the Brazilian again this winter just as they did last summer when Manchester City rebuffed them, and they will hope that the acquisition of Antoine Semenyo will finally open up the move.
While Diomande is not as proven as Savinho, the Ivorian winger with six Bundesliga goals is a 19 year old talent worth dreaming about signing. Diomande is a unique, explosive, and versatile winger who can start on either flank and add goal scoring ability with progression and one on one dynamism.
He is ideally a right footed left winger, and while he can not immediately add the goals Spurs are looking for and will likely cost a fortune, if he is even available at all, Diomande is one of the few wingers on the market with the true potential to be special. Tottenham have to go with a player like Diomande who has that sort of upside to replace Johnson and invest that money in a younger prospect with higher upside. Diomande would be perfect for that sort of investment.