Time is clearly not on Ange Postecoglou’s side. Spurs were handed their third straight defeat on Sunday and they have now slumped to the fifteenth place in the league table, a new low under Daniel Levy’s regime. Supporters are already demanding ‘LEVY OUT’, unleashing a total chaos.
To make things worse, the Australian gaffer was dealt with a double injury blow. Dominic Solanke is out for weeks and now Brennan Johnson is also sidelined for a few weeks at least.
These double setbacks make any potential comeback look extremely difficult for the former Celtic coach, as he was already stripped away from the services of some crucial footballers — Vicario, Werner, Udogie, Romero, Van de Ven, Bentancur, and Bissouma.
Johnson’s calf muscle injury, which is likely to keep him off the field for the next few gameweeks, is a reason to worry for FPL managers too. Brennan Johnson used to be a budget pick among FPL midfielders and had featured in every single game until GW22.
He has 89 pts in his kitty along with seven goals and four assists. Despite being listed as a midfielder, he used to play in a quite advanced position in the Spurs attacking third.
Johnson’s off-the-ball runs caused serious problems for the opposing defenders. He was a major threat in the Spurs frontline and carried an xG of 0.51 per 90’, which is more than impressive for a midfielder.
Also, Brennan used to be a great differential choice with an ownership of 3.5%. But he is now out of your FPL equation for the upcoming few weeks.
According to Johnson’s manager, “It’s probably three or four weeks. He did it in the second half against the other night. So yeah, we’re looking at three to four weeks.”
Therefore, he is going to miss at least the matches against Leicester City, Brentford, and Manchester United. However, you will be expecting him to race against time to become fully-fit before the plum fixture with Ipswich Town in GW26.
Ask yourself, if you have enough quality players to cover him during this time frame. Otherwise, with so many cool midfield options available in Fantasy Premier League 2024-25, it might be wise to move him out now. You may bring him in again before the Ipswich clash.
Liverpool embarks on a dream run of fixtures now — Ipswich, Bournemouth, Everton, and Wolves in the next three gameweeks. Yes, you have read it right. Slot’s boys will have a double gameweek in GW24 and it gives you a great opportunity to jump on the Pool assets in FPL.
Well within Johnson’s budget(£6.3m), you can rope in Dominik Szoboszlai(£6.3m) or Alexis Mac Allister(£6.2m). Both of them can be superb options during Johnson’s absence. Szoboszlai smashed a whopping 17 pts in GW17 against Tottenham and Mac Allister hammered 28 pts between GW17 & GW20.
