Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly “ready to make” a move to sign Wolverhampton Wanderers star Sam Johnstone this month, according to transfer journalist Graeme Bailey.
After suffering a serious ankle injury, Guglielmo Vicario has been out for the past few weeks and will remain out for the foreseeable future.
Fraser Forster has been filling in for the Italian recently, but the 36-year-old has looked shaky, keeping just one clean sheet in the last ten games. So, it seems that Ange Postecoglou has started exploring options to sign a new goalkeeper in January.
writing in unknown, Outer wall says the north London club have identified Johnstone as a serious target and are “ready to make a move” for him this month with Wolves set to cash in on him.
He wrote:
“Tottenham could be ready to make a move for Sam Johnstone, who may leave Wolves this month.”
Johnstone to Tottenham
After joining the West Midlands club from Crystal Palace last summer, the 31-year-old has found it difficult to find regular first-team football at the Molineux Stadium this season, making just seven starts in the club so far. league.
Having recently joined the Wolves, the former manchester united The star still has three and a half years left on his contract, so Vitor Pereira's men could demand a significant amount of money to sell him permanently.
Johnstone, who is 6ft 3in tall, is an efficient shot stopper but lacks ball-at-foot qualities. Postecoglou wants to play from the back and Forster has had problems in this regard. Therefore, signing a new goalkeeper, who is not comfortable playing from the back, would not be the right decision for Tottenham.
Therefore, they would be better off exploring other options to strengthen the goalkeeping department, but it will be interesting to see if the north London club finally take a concrete approach to securing his service before the deadline.
Meanwhile, having failed to win the last three games of the first divisionTottenham will face a team in form Newcastle UnitedEdit this weekend.
Spurs sit 11th in the league and will need to regain their form as quickly as possible to take a step forward in the second half of this season and qualify for European competition next season.
