Spurs could land “outstanding” £30m Johnson upgrade

There isn’t any escaping it: this season is popping right into a catastrophe for Tottenham Hotspur.

Ange Postecoglou’s facet discover themselves within the backside half of the Premier League desk, with extra losses than wins to their title, and as issues stand, they appear to have an ever-growing harm checklist that has completely decimated their defence.

Nonetheless, there have been a few positives to take from the marketing campaign thus far, corresponding to their progress within the League Cup and the truth that Dejan Kulusevski has taken a giant step ahead this 12 months, however the supervisor nonetheless wants Daniel Levy and Co to dip into the switch market this month and supply him with extra choices.

Luckily, stories from late final month did hyperlink the membership with an in-form attacker who’s gained comparisons to the Swede and could possibly be a dream improve on Brennan Johnson.

Spurs’ attacking choices

So, whereas the defence has been a large drawback for Spurs this season, each when it comes to how defenders have carried out and the variety of them who’ve been injured, the assault has typically been fairly good for the North Londoners.

For instance, the Lilywhites have already discovered the again of the web on 41 events of their 19 league video games, and there are 5 gamers with seven or extra targets in all competitions within the squad.

Furthermore, whereas he is not essentially been a whole game-changer for Postecoglou this season, summer season signing Dominic Solanke has now discovered his ft within the workforce and at present has an excellent haul of ten targets and 5 assists to his title in simply 25 video games.

Likewise, Kulusevski, regardless of enjoying in a midfield function for a lot of the marketing campaign, already has seven targets and eight assists in simply 28 appearances, which implies he is averaging a purpose involvement each 1.86 video games – greater than justifying the “world-class” tag given to him by expertise scout Jacek Kulig beforehand.

Lastly, whereas he might be irritating at occasions and has a handful of poor video games this season, Johnson has been a helpful attacker for the supervisor, racking up a haul of 11 targets and three assists in 28 appearances, which comes out to a median of a purpose involvement each different sport.

Nonetheless, whereas the Welshman has been good, a participant Spurs had been linked to only a few days in the past could possibly be the right improve, particularly as he is been in comparison with the unbelievable Kulusevski.

The Spurs goal who may change Johnson

So, to get straight to the purpose, the participant in query is Celtic star Nicholas Kühn, who, based on a report from journalist Graeme Bailey late final month, is a participant Tottenham are fascinated about.

The report claimed that whereas the Scottish giants are eager to maintain the German attacker in Glasgow this month, a large provide may tempt them into promoting and, based on one other report from the Normal again in November, that price could possibly be as much as £30m.

Now, that is actually some huge cash for a participant from the Scottish Premiership, however given the very fact he is outperforming Johnson and has been in comparison with Kulusevski, he could possibly be price it.

So, earlier than we have a look at how he is outperforming the Welshman, it is price analyzing this comparability to the previous Juventus star and the place it comes from.

It primarily stems from FBref, which compares gamers in related positions in Europe’s prime 5 leagues, the Champions League and Europa League then creates an inventory of the ten most comparable gamers for every one, and, on this occasion, has concluded that the Swede is the second most related attacking midfielder or winger to the German over the past one year.

One of the simplest ways to see the place this comparability has come from is to have a look at the underlying metrics wherein the pair rank intently, together with, however not restricted to, non-penalty anticipated targets, assists, photographs on track, passing accuracy and extra, all per 90.

With that mentioned, why do we expect he could possibly be an improve on Johnson? Merely put, his output for the Hoops this season has been completely sensational.

For instance, in simply 26 appearances, the “excellent” right-winger, as dubbed by former Celtic star Aiden McGeady, has scored 14 targets and offered 11 assists, which means he is at present averaging a purpose involvement each 1.04 video games for the Glaswegian facet.

Now, there’s actually one thing to be mentioned for the extent of opposition he’s dealing with north of the border, however his output is thus far forward of the previous Nottingham Forest ace’s at this second in time that this looks like a switch price taking a danger on.

In the end, Johnson has been a worthwhile participant for Spurs and Postecoglou this season, however for the time being, it feels as if Kühn’s ceiling is simply that bit greater, and subsequently, the North Londoners ought to do what they will to carry him to N17 this month.