Tottenham prepare to negotiate with Brennan Johnson, Nottingham Forest demand £50m

Tottenham Hotspur's transfer target for Brennan Johnson Photo: Reuters/Phil Noble

Tottenham Hotspur are set to open talks over move to striker « Nottingham Forest» to £50m-rated Brennan Johnson with a view to a deal this week.

The Wales international is a serious target for Tottenham Hotspur as they prepare for a belated flurry of cases Friday night postponement deadline .

Johnson's future at Forest has been uncertain all summer and Tottenham are poised to move in for the 22-year-old who has attracted interest from other Premier League clubs this summer, including Chelsea,» West Ham United, Aston Villa and Brentford.

Tottenham have already signed England international James Maddison and Manor Solomon, as well as completed a permanent deal with Dejan Kulusevski, but are still looking for new attacking players after the sale of Harry Kane to Bayern Munich.

Tottenham have an offer Money and Players: Center midfielder Davinson Sanchez and striker Brian Gil are likely to be two players who could be part of any deal.

Forest values ​​Johnson at over £50m. Already turned down two offers from Brentford over the summer, but Tottenham are hoping a £40m offer plus guaranteed installments will suffice.

Brentford's second offer of £35m was reported by Telegraph Sport last month. sterling was immediately accepted. Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis refused.

Johnson has been one of Forest's standouts as the club ensured Premier League survival last season with eight goals and three assists.

Forest doesn't want to sell homegrown talent but can use the money to fund its club. own search for new players.

PSV Eindhoven defending midfielder Ibrahim Sangare is a priority target, but a £32m buyout clause has proved problematic.

Sangare is also showing interest from bigger players clubs and Forest. know they'll have to put together an outstanding sales pitch to convince him to join, but the money raised from selling Johnson could improve their bargaining position.

Forest has also held talks with Chelsea player Callum Hudson-Odoi and has gained interest in Manchester City's England U21 captain Taylor Harwood-Bellis.

They are also looking to reduce their squad, with Jonjo Shelvey, Emmanuel Dennis, Remo Freuler, Lewis O' Brian, Jonathan Panzo, Loic Mbe. Seo and Ethan Horvath are set to leave before the end of this week.