On deadline day, the 22-year-old forward joined Tottenham for £47.5 million.
Neco Williams believes Brennan Johnson, a former Nottingham Forest teammate, will prosper at Tottenham and keep Wales in contention for Euro 2024 qualification.Johnson joined Tottenham for £47.5 million in the last minutes of the transfer deadline and has yet to play for his new team.
However, according to Williams, the 22-year-old forward celebrated the move by taking several of his Wales teammates out to dinner in London and picking up the price.
Johnson is widely seen as the obvious replacement for Spurs record goalscorer Harry Kane, as well as the man to fill the boots of departed Wales great Gareth Bale at international level.
“A lot of people will say that, but Brennan isn’t Gareth Bale or Harry Kane,” Forest full-back Williams remarked before of Wales’ crucial Euro 2024 qualifier against Latvia on Monday.
“He‘s his own player with his own style.” He wouldn’t want to be compared to them or be seen as their stand-ins.He has the potential to excel at the highest levels.” However, he is only 22 years old and still extremely young.
“He has proven it in the Premier League, and now he has to prove it at a top-six team and do it again in the Premier League.”He’s got a big money move, and you can tell his confidence has taken him to the next level.”
“Hopefully, he can take that with him into this Wales camp and help us win some games.”Before departing for international duty, Johnson met up with several of his Wales colleagues in London after joining Tottenham.
“We celebrated with a little drink and some nice food,” Williams, 22, added.It was a quick get-together and a chance to congratulate Brennan on his new job.” To be fair, he also received the bill.
“Everyone was clamouring for him.” It was a last-minute decision, but we are all thrilled for him.I’m just not looking forward to seeing him come back to the City Ground!”
Johnson and Williams both started for Wales in a friendly against South Korea on Thursday.However, the Latvia game is the most critical match of the September double header as Wales attempts to resurrect their Euro 2024 qualification bid.
Wales is playing catch-up in Group D after losses to Armenia and Turkey in June, and there is no room for error in Riga.”When we look back on it, the goals we conceded, we know we can do so much better than that,” Williams added.
“That just wasn’t us as a team.” So many things can be pinpointed.The gaps between the strikers and the defenders were too wide, and it wasn’t a good overall performance.
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