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Thomas Frank has addressed growing questions around Tottenham’s recent attacking turnover, amid rumours that Brennan Johnson could be sold.
Tottenham Hotspur’s Brennan Johnson looks set to depart the club after spending just two seasons in north London.
The Welshman made a move from Nottingham Forest to Spurs, joining for almost £50m, and since that switch, he has enjoyed a largely impressive spell at Tottenham.
Johnson is known for his ability to grab goals at the back stick, often scoring with one-touch finishes thanks to his reading of the game.
A striker’s instinct, some might call it, but despite scoring 18 goals in all competitions last season, the most of any Spurs player, the Welshman looks set to join a list of previous top scorers to have been transferred out.
Thomas Frank on Tottenham potentially selling their last three top scorers
In the past two seasons, Spurs have lost their two top scorers, with Harry Kane departing in the summer of 2023 and Heung-min Son leaving last summer. Should Johnson depart, it would mark another leading goalscorer heading out the door – three in three years.
Addressing the importance of goals and how Tottenham approaches replacing them, Frank explained why scoring output remains central to the club’s thinking.
Thomas Frank was asked: ‘If Brennan were to leave, it would be three years in a row that Tottenham have sold their top scorer from the previous season, with Kane and then Son. How difficult is it for a club to keep replacing those goals each season?’
He told football.london: “Goals are very important and they are very difficult to find. There is no two ways about that. That is very important. So it is important how we make sure we have enough goals in the team and players that can score goals. That is the key thing.
“That is, of course, also what we are looking at to try to improve. I think the positive bits from this season so far are that Richarlison has done well and been fit and available for more than almost eight months since we started.
“But we need to have enough players with goals, both developing them and also finding players that can score goals for the future.”
Johnson’s struggles at Spurs so far
There is no denying the fact that Johnson is capable of finding the back of the net, but the wide forward is often criticised for his overall play.
The Wales international often struggles to beat his man one v one and can be guilty of being a passenger during games, which reduces his impact when he does not find space at the back stick.
While he was a mainstay under Ange Postecoglou, game time has been harder to come by under Thomas Frank, although he has still managed four goals in 912 minutes.
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