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Crystal Palace have completed the £35m club-record signing of Tottenham winger Brennan Johnson, with the Wales international available for Sunday's trip to Newcastle, live on Sky Sports.

Johnson has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal at Selhurst Park and will wear the No 11 shirt.

The 24-year-old becomes Palace's record signing, surpassing the £32m the Eagles paid Liverpool for Christian Benteke in the summer of 2016.

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Johnson has been at Spurs since the summer of 2023, when he signed for £47.5m from Nottingham Forest. He finished as the club's top scorer last season with 18 goals in all competitions, including the winner in the Europa League final in May.

However, he has made only six starts in the Premier League this term under new boss Thomas Frank, featuring on both flanks after his position was taken by Mohammed Kudus, who joined in a £55m deal this summer from West Ham.

In total, Johnson has made 20 appearances in all competitions this season, having scored 27 goals in 107 games for Spurs.

Johnson: Great time to be at Palace

Johnson believes he has joined the Eagles at the right time, with the club competing on three fronts in 2026.

"I'm really excited and I'm really happy," said Johnson. "Crystal Palace are such a great club, one that I've always admired.

"It's a great time for me to be here and join the journey that this club is on."

Palace manager Oliver Glasner said: "I'm really delighted that Brennan has joined the club.

"He arrives very early in the window, so credit to the club for making this happen so quickly.

"Brennan will give us options in our attacking play with his pace and goalscoring ability and with all the upcoming games he will be a valuable addition to the squad."

Johnson's arrival will sprinkle some stardust on the south Londoners, and is Palace's first major investment since they sold Eberechi Eze to Arsenal for £67.5m in August.

Palace chairman Steve Parish said: "I'm delighted that Brennan has joined us - an exciting young talent with an excellent recent record in domestic, continental and international football.

"We feel we are the perfect place for Brennan to continue his already impressive journey, and his arrival bolsters our attacking options in what is proving our busiest season to date, competing on numerous fronts including, for the first time, in Europe."

Why Johnson deal makes sense for Palace

Sky Sports' Peter Smith:

Johnson's signing looks like good business for Crystal Palace.

Glasner has been crying out for reinforcements, and the Wales winger adds depth to an area the south Londoners are short in - and should be a good fit to Palace's style with his pace and directness.

Johnson left his mark at Spurs with his Europa League final winner over Manchester United, and that close-range finish was typical of his developing nous for darting into dangerous positions in the box.

In fact, all 54 of his shots in the Premier League last season came from inside the penalty area. It was an approach which paid off, with Johnson top-scoring for Spurs in both the league and across all competitions. Five of his 11 goals in the Premier League were from inside the six-yard box, only strikers Alexander Isak and Yoane Wissa scored more in that zone.

Whether cutting in from the right to look for shooting positions or dashing for the byline before arrowing the ball across the face of goal, Johnson's attacking approach can excite at Selhurst, especially while Ismaila Sarr is away at AFCON. He also has the flexibility of being able to play from both flanks, while, aged 24, there is hope there is plenty more to come from him, too.

He has had only a bit-part to play at Spurs this term, since Kudus' arrival. But while Tottenham wave goodbye to their top scorer from the previous campaign for a third season at a row - and sell Johnson at a £12m loss on what they paid for him two-and-a-half years ago - Palace welcome a much-needed addition.

For Johnson, the chance to play regularly in what could turn out to be a World Cup year for Wales, should their play-off go to plan, is valuable, while the prospect of winning more trophies - and perhaps another in Europe - is not out of the question under Glasner's guidance.

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Brentford were held to a goalless draw with Tottenham on Thomas Frank’s return to his former club as Spurs supporters sang "boring, boring Tottenham" at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Frank joined Spurs in the summer after six-and-a-half years in charge of Brentford and earned a 2-0 victory over his old side just 26 days ago, but they struggled to pose a threat in west London as the away fans lost patience with their performance, booing them off at half-time and full-time.

Spurs fans sang the songs of their former stars like Dele, Moussa Dembele, Eric Dier and even former boss Martin Jol during the first half and then delivered a damning 'boring, boring Tottenham' late in the second period.

Asked where supporters need to be more understanding, Frank said: "That question is very difficult for me to answer. We are going off a few boos after the game and I'm not reading anything on social media or articles.

"I watch the team and I'm very aware that we are not where I want us to be."

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Tottenham, though, did have more shots on target than Brentford and recorded more xG than the hosts, but goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher was untroubled by the toothless attack.

Frank has made his mark on Spurs, with this their seventh clean sheet of the season in the Premier League, more than the six under Ange Postecoglou across the entirety of last season.

A drab first half from both sides saw Brentford's Kevin Schade have a fifth-minute tap-in ruled out for offside while Archie Gray's goal-bound header was crucially blocked by Nathan Collins for Spurs.

Brentford improved after the break, unlike Tottenham. Spurs captain Cristian Romero, back from suspension, was fortunate to escape a potential red card for his last-man foul on Igor Thiago, who was brought down when the defender missed his clearance and then handled the ball.

"I thought it was a red card," said Brentford boss Keith Andrews. "I felt Spurs were very lucky."

A minute later, Gray went down in the box under a challenge from Schade which went unpunished by referee Andy Madley before the VAR cleared the incident.

The hosts' Keane Lewis-Potter missed his kick when well-placed in the box, while Thiago skied an effort from close range. Vitaly Janelt also forced a good save from Guglielmo Vicario with a header as Spurs held on for a point.

Frank: Defence was excellent but we lacked cutting edge

Tottenham boss Thomas Frank:

"The positive is that against a very good home team that you need to respect with the results they've had where they're beating Liverpool, Man United, Newcastle, Villa, drawing with Chelsea, and keeping them to that low amount of chances, chances and seven shots in total.

"That's a very, very strong defensive performance. I think the back four did excellently, the whole team did excellently.

"The amount of unforced errors is the biggest negative, and that's the bit that then takes out eight, nine, half transitions where you're not getting into good positions. And then when we were up there, we lacked the cutting edge on the day."

Andrews: Spurs respected us

Brentford boss Keith Andrews:

"We edged it in the second half, for sure. If anyone was going to go and win the game, I felt it would be us. I felt we were building momentum, we were sustaining attacks, we were getting into good areas.

"The way they were playing, slowing the game down, not wanting us to gain momentum, it was always going to be difficult to just keep that going. I felt we did and I felt we created a few decent opportunities. Unfortunately, we couldn't take them.

"Thomas knows his club better than I do. So, he's very aware of what can happen here. And when the electricity starts to get going within the stadium, the fans, the players feed off that, vice versa, it's a very dangerous place to come and play.

"I thought he was very respectful of the environment and what we can produce as a team here. And he did his best to nullify that."

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