Bournemouth have identified Tottenham's Brennan Johnson as a potential replacement for Antoine Semenyo, who is set to join Manchester City in a £65m deal. City are accelerating talks with Semenyo's representatives and are leading the race to trigger the Ghana winger's release clause, which was inserted when he extended his contract at Bournemouth last summer.
City are the only club to have pushed ahead with a move for the 25-year-old, although other clubs retain an interest. Bristol City, who sold Semenyo to Bournemouth for £10m in 2023, are due 20% of any profit from his expected sale.
Crystal Palace are also admirers of Johnson, and Spurs are thought to be open to doing business on the player they signed from Nottingham Forest for £47.5m just over two years ago. It remains unclear whether Spurs would prefer to sell or loan the Wales international.
Johnson has struggled for game time under manager Thomas Frank this season, starting only one of Tottenham's past seven matches. He was Spurs' leading goalscorer last season and scored the winner in the Europa League final, securing their first major silverware since 2008. However, the 24-year-old has not flourished under Frank, who succeeded Ange Postecoglou in June.
After Spurs' 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace on Sunday, when Johnson came on as an 85th-minute substitute, Frank insisted the forward remains an important squad member. 'Brennan is very important for us,' the Dane said. 'Maybe he didn't get many minutes, but unfortunately, we can only play 11 players. We spoke about it before with Mo [Kudus], who has come in and put his stamp on that right-winger position. Then, on the left, we tried different solutions.'
