Brennan Johnson ‘set to join’ Crystal Palace from Tottenham | OneFootball

Crystal Palace are set to complete the signing of Brennan Johnson from Tottenham, and the forward hopes to be available for Sunday’s visit to Newcastle United.

Johnson is undergoing a medical at Palace and is poised to sign a four-and-a-half year deal. If the move is completed before noon on Friday, he can be named in Oliver Glasner’s squad at St James’ Park. According to The Athletic, Palace reached agreement with Tottenham in December and the Wales international has been their main January target, with a fee approaching £35million (€40m, $47m) which would represent a club-record transfer for Palace and the fourth-highest sale in Spurs’ history.

Johnson finished as Tottenham’s top scorer last season with 18 goals in all competitions but has not featured as frequently under new head coach Thomas Frank. Of the 24-year-old’s 22 appearances in 2025-26, only six have been Premier League starts.

After Eberechi Eze’s summer move to Arsenal in August, Ismaila Sarr and Yeremy Pino have been used most often as the two No 10s in Glasner’s preferred system.

Johnson would provide competition for both, with Daichi Kamada, Justin Devenny and Eddie Nketiah offering other options.

A Nottingham Forest academy graduate, Johnson helped win promotion to the Premier League in 2021-22. He joined Spurs in September 2023 for £47.5m.

He has made more than 100 appearances for Tottenham, scoring 27 goals, including the winner in the Europa League final in May that secured the club’s first trophy in 17 years.

Source: NY Times