The worst of the slump was met with harsh criticism. Did the player notice this, too? He temporarily stopped communicating with the world by deactivating SNS.
This is the story of Brennan Johnson, a 23-year-old striker who Tottenham Hotspur, Son Heung-min's team, paid 80 billion won to Hanwha from Nottingham Forest in the same English Premier League last summer.
Tottenham lost 0-1 to Arsenal in the fourth round of the 2024-2025 English Premier League at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on the 15th.
Tottenham has lost two consecutive games following the match against Newcastle United in the third round, and is now in the midst of a tough early season. Tottenham has only four points with one win, one draw and two losses. On the other hand, Arsenal (3 wins and one draw) have accumulated 10 points to rise to second place. Considering that they are rivals, the early two teams' performances are poles apart. Tottenham has not been strong in recent years. As if the opponent team is penetrating Tottenham's tactics, it curled up in the beginning, and started targeting from the middle of the first half, but Tottenham did not respond at all.
The defense is a problem, but it is because the sharpness in attack is reduced. Son Heung-min cannot be relied on for a one-man show. In the end, other strikers should perform well to meet expectations, but this season is not the case at all.
Johnson is at the center of Tottenham's sluggishness. The Welsh national team played for Nottingham last season and wore a Tottenham uniform at the closing of the transfer market. Tottenham's highest transfer fee ever paid is just over 100 billion won, but it paid 80 billion won to Johnson, so you can see how high the expectation is.
Along with Son Heung-min, Johnson was given the role of being a winger from the left and right, shaking the opponent and sometimes digging inside.
However, it is no exaggeration to say that he failed almost until a little over a year ago. After playing for three seasons in the Championship (minor league), he scored eight goals in the 2022-2023 Premier League while wearing a red Nottingham jersey.
Having scored five goals in 32 Premier League games last season as a semi-mainstream player, he is starting as a right winger this season, beating Dejan Kulusevski, but has a humble record.
He started as a substitute in the third round as soon as the start of the second half of the first and second rounds, and started again in the fourth round, but had no goals or assists. In the first and second rounds, he was hardly able to break away from the right side, which helped him in offense.
In the match against Arsenal, Son Heung-min focused on playing on the left side, while Johnson went back and forth between the right and center like Son Heung-min, played switch-play with Kulusevski and others and played as a free-roll character, but blocked Arsenal defenders as if they had already read his movements.
In the end, Johnson was replaced in the 22nd minute of the second half and entered the bench, and after the game, Tottenham fans criticized Johnson. Tottenham, "Twenty-five," brought in 80 billion won after a long time, but a year later, it seems to be almost a failure. It is unknown how long Postecoglou will push for his use. There are many evaluations that there is no progress in speed, technology, and soccer intelligence.
Johnson also deactivated his SNS and effectively closed the door immediately after the match against Arsenal, perhaps because he felt criticism. If Johnson fails to demonstrate his capability, Tottenham does not have many players to play for him. 토토사이트 모음
There is Wilson O'Dowbert, who was brought from Burnley a while ago, but he is only 19 years old, so he still needs more time to take over as the main player.