Attention, BBC! Heungmin, I'm totally ruined…Brennan Johnson missing mystery why

Nov 13, 2025

Attention, BBC! Heungmin, I'm totally ruined…Brennan Johnson missing mystery why
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Attention, BBC! Heungmin, I'm totally ruined…Brennan Johnson missing mystery why
A match between Tottenham and Newcastle at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 3rd, Tottenham Brennan Johnson is sharing joy with Son Heung-min after scoring the first goal. Sangam = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.03/
British public broadcaster 'BBC' highlighted Brennan Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur), who has been in a severe slump this season.

What happened to the mysterious Johnson of the Wales national football team and Tottenham on the 13th (Korea time)?In the article under the title ', he dealt with the current situation of Johnson, who was excluded from the national team in October and was pushed back by his team as a replacement, and pointed out the cause.

Johnson's problem, in the opinion of former Welsh striker Nathan Blake, interviewed by the BBC, is "excessively high expectations and pressure". Johnson moved from Nottingham Forest to Tottenham in the summer of 2023 with a transfer fee of 50 million pounds (about 96 billion won). This is the second highest transfer fee for Welsh players ever.




Johnson, the flanker, has been compared to the 'best player of all time in Wales' Bale since he emerged as the holy man of the Welsh national team. It was described as 'the second veil'. When Johnson joined Tottenham, Tottenham also changed significantly. The main gun Harry Kane left for Bayern Munich.

Attention, BBC! Heungmin, I'm totally ruined…Brennan Johnson missing mystery why
A match between Tottenham and Newcastle at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 3rd, Tottenham Brennan Johnson is sharing joy with Son Heung-min after scoring the first goal. Sangam = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.08.03/
In other words, he was given a mission to fill the void of Bale in the Welsh national team and Kane in Tottenham. Blake "Johnson was under tremendous pressure and expectation. Looking at people who considered Johnson the 'next messiah', I thought 'I should stop putting pressure on the little one. It would be nice to grow into the next Vale, but Johnson is different from Vale."

The Welsh national team coach Craig Bellamy also drew the line "There is no second veil". 'BBC' is "Vale is irreplaceable. Not only was he the highest scorer and Century Club member of all time in Wales, but he was also a generational talent and a natural genius. He was a magician who could change the flow of the game on his own. He was the only player."




Blake "We must lower expectations for Johnson. When you compare your debut at Nottingham to now, you can't say you've improved a lot."

Johnson has faced tremendous pressure from the national team and his team. His performance in the first two seasons was good. He has scored 23 goals in the past two seasons as a right striker who fits the tactics of former Tottenham manager Enze Postecoglou. In the 2024-2025 European Europa League final, he scored the winning goal against Manchester United, ending Tottenham's 17-year absence.

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However, there has been a change in the winger's role under Tottenham manager Thomas Frank this season. Coach Frank hoped the winger would not just tap-in, but drive the ball to the opponent's box. This is the background of starting Mohamed Kudus, who was recruited for £55 million last summer, instead of Johnson.




Tottenham correspondent Jack Pitt-Brook of 'The Athletic' says"The Cudus has not scored many goals this season, but he is far better than Johnson in every way to his opponent's goal. For now, no Tottenham fans will pick Johnson as their main player. I'm not sure where he should run."

Johnson has scored four goals in 17 games, including the Cup this season. Reporter Pete-Brook pointed out that "Johnson does almost nothing but score a goal".

Johnson, who was a solid Wales mainstay, sat on the bench in an A-match match against Belgium last October. It was only 30 minutes before the end of the game that he stepped on the ground as a substitute. A rat appeared on the field during the game. Johnson tried to drive the mouse off the sideline, with fans jocking 'Johnson's best performance today' Wales lost to Belgium 2-4.

'BBC' can be interpreted to mean that Johnson is essential to Wales at a time when Wales is at a crossroads of advancing to the 2026 North-China World Cup finals. Wales ranks third in Group J with 10 points (six games) in the World Cup European qualifying round, following Belgium (14 points, 6 games) and North Macedonia (13, 7 games). In the European qualifying round, the first place in the group will go straight to the finals, and the second place will play in the playoffs. He will be able to enter the second place only if he wins back-to-back games against Liechtenstein and North Macedonia on the 16th and 19th.

Wales recall a 4-3 win over Belgium in June with Johnson's golden equaliser. Frank will also expect Johnson to be revived.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.