Who is Brennan Johnson? Spurs career, market value, and famous family explained
Spurs made a number of signings last summer in Ange Postecoglou’s first transfer window with the club, including one Brennan Johnson. Here’s all you need to know about the Welsh winger.
From his early days at Nottingham Forest, to his big break in the Premier League, and that high profile transfer to Spurs last year, Brennan Johnson has enjoyed a whirlwind of a career already, and he’s still got a long way to go.
He’s had a bit of stick from the Spurs fans, and many have questioned his talents, but Ange Postcoglou has stuck by Johnson and he’s consistently proved his doubters wrong.
So, who is Brennan Johnson? We’ve broken down his career stats, what happened with the Spurs fans, his market value, and included details about his famous father.
Brennan Johnson’s Spurs stats
Brennan Johnson signed for Spurs in the summer of 2023, on deadline day, in a bumper £55m deal from Nottingham Forest. He has been a steady source of goals and assists since.
With Postecoglou looking to add to his attacking options last summer, Johnson was selected as the ideal player to join his revolution, due to his versatility across the front three, keen eye for goal, athleticism, and his young age.
In his first season with Spurs, Johnson registered five goals and ten assists in 35 Premier League appearances (Transfermarkt). Not a bad return for a player of his age making the step up to a bigger club playing a new system.
Johnson has played predominantly on the right-wing under Postecoglou, and provides plenty of width, always attempts to get the ball across the box, and pops up with valuable goals and assists at key times.
He scored on his Europa League debut for Tottenham in the 3-0 win over Qarabag in September, which was his third goal in as many games.
Why did Brennan Johnson deactivate his social media?
A small section of Tottenham fans have often tried to use Brennan Johnson as a scapegoat when things aren’t going right. This escalated at the start of the 2024/25 season, when Johnson ended up deactivating his social media accounts because of the abuse he was receiving.
Some fans have been unhappy with Johnson’s decision-making in the final third, his finishing, and the balls he delivers into the box. They flooded his social media comments section with hurtful messages, questioning whether he is good enough to play for the club.
In the aftermath of closing his social media accounts, Johnson came on as a substitute in the Carabao Cup tie with Coventry City and scored the winning goal in the final minute. Just days later, he scored again in the 3-1 Premier League win over Brentford.
The fans in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in that game were particularly supportive of Johnson, proving that it was just a vocal minority being negative about him.
How much is Brennan Johnson worth?
Brennan Johnson’s market value is thought to be around £40m, and he is paid £70,000 per week by the club at the moment.
According to Transfermarkt, Johnson is worth €48m, which does seem a little bit low considering his age and the fact he still has four years left on his contract.
That contract, according to Spotrac, is thought to be worth £3.64m per year, putting him right in the middle of the current Spurs wage bill.
A Nottingham Forest hero
Brennan Johnson came through the Nottingham Forest academy and went on to make over 100 appearances for the club, helping them gain promotion to the Premier League, and then helping them stay there, too.
He scored 29 goals and registered 12 assists across 109 games for Forest, including an 18-goal haul in the Championship, and another eight in the Premier League (Transfermarkt).
The fans at Forest adored Johnson, especially as he was a local boy coming through the ranks and becoming a first-team regular. His goals largely contributed to the club’s return to the top flight, and without him, they likely wouldn’t have avoided relegation either.
It is worth noting, he also had a brief loan spell at Lincoln City in the 2020/21 season, scoring 13 goals and adding 14 assists in 49 games.
Keeping it in the family
Brennan Johnson is the son of former Nottingham Forest striker, David Johnson. His father spent five years at Forest, racking up almost 50 goals for the club.
David Johnson began his career at Manchester United but never made the breakthrough there. He went on to join Bury, then Ipswich, before moving to Forest.
He had a few very brief loan spells during his stay in the Midlands, at Sheffield Wednesday, Burnley, and Sheffield United.
Johnson Senior was a bit of a cult hero at Forest, too, where he made 163 appearances and scored 48 goals (Transfermarkt).
Brennan Johnson’s Wales career explained
Despite his father playing for Jamaica, and him having English ancestry, Brennan Johnson opted to play for Wales at international level and he is a regular starter for the Dragons these days.
Johnson actually represented England at Under-16 and Under-17 level, but then made the switch to Wales at Under-19.
He was handed his senior debut by Rob Page in November 2020 in a 0-0 draw against the USA in a friendly. Johnson had to bide his time from there, though, and it wasn’t until the World Cup 2022 qualifying campaign that he really staked his claim on the international scene.
At the time of writing, Johnson has 31 caps for his country and three goals.
Brennan Johnson’s personal life
Johnson was born in Nottingham on May 23, 2001, making him 23-years-old at the time of writing. He is 1.86m tall and weighs 73kg.
He started dating model Tilde Cilla Syah earlier in 2024. You cannot find Brennan Johnson on social media right now after he deactivated his account, as mentioned above.
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