Brennan Johnson

[Strawberry Avenger]

I'd like to think with the current positivity and injection of energy around the club I think he will sign a new deal. He will not leave then for anything less than 20m.

If he wins out in the contract with us and secures his £8m release fee effectively he could leave as and when he chooses. He'd basically be in a position at every window where HE and he alone gets to decide if he's leaving or staying. The club would be mad to allow him to dictate such terms and I hope they stick to their guns.

Both parties know he's not going to get a clause below market value. An 8m clause and he just be sold for 8m straight away! I'm sure there's creative clauses they could put in depending on results.

I dont think we should sell in Jan though unless we get 15m+. We'll still get that in the summer and he's a mainstay of the team, wouldn't be able to replace him and can use him to push up the table. His value will increase if he keeps doing well and there's always a chance he signs after seeing the progression

Interesting post.  Good to read.

If the club get offered double figure millions, he's gone.

Tricky situation.  Maybe something the club and the academy could learn from.  Are we going to have future situations like this?

I do recall with Chris Bart Williams, the club refused to play him?

Doubt it will come to that as BJ offers alot to the team, at least up to January.  The impasse likely says he's moving on.

It's a precedent the club will probably not want to dwell on. The Academy do a fine job developing 'kids' for the club and need to enjoy the fruit of that to partly sustain/fund the transfer policy.

He's replaceable.  (Though Forest's recruitment has made historical hard work of replacing the academy players through recruitment.). Forest's scouting needs to do better to have the next Brennan lined up if the answer isn't 'in house.'  Brentford managed to sell and recruit.

The club needs to be more progressive and long term with recruitment.  Seek. Find. And they are, allegedly, moving in that direction.  

SA.

[Paplane]

I'd like to think with the current positivity and injection of energy around the club I think he will sign a new deal. He will not leave then for anything less than 20m.

If he wins out in the contract with us and secures his £8m release fee effectively he could leave as and when he chooses. He'd basically be in a position at every window where HE and he alone gets to decide if he's leaving or staying. The club would be mad to allow him to dictate such terms and I hope they stick to their guns.

Both parties know he's not going to get a clause below market value. An 8m clause and he just be sold for 8m straight away! I'm sure there's creative clauses they could put in depending on results.

I dont think we should sell in Jan though unless we get 15m+. We'll still get that in the summer and he's a mainstay of the team, wouldn't be able to replace him and can use him to push up the table. His value will increase if he keeps doing well and there's always a chance he signs after seeing the progression

Interesting post.  Good to read.

If the club get offered double figure millions, he's gone.

Tricky situation.  Maybe something the club and the academy could learn from.  Are we going to have future situations like this?

I do recall with Chris Bart Williams, the club refused to play him?

Doubt it will come to that as BJ offers alot to the team, at least up to January.  The impasse likely says he's moving on.

It's a precedent the club will probably not want to dwell on.  The Academy do a fine job developing 'kids' for the club and need to enjoy the fruit of that to partly sustain/fund the transfer policy.

He's replaceable.  (Though Forest's recruitment has made historical hard work of replacing the academy players through recruitment.). Forest's scouting needs to do better to have the next Brennan lined up if the answer isn't 'in house.'  Brentford managed to sell and recruit.

The club needs to be more progressive and long term with recruitment.  Seek.  Find.  And they are, allegedly, moving in that direction.  

SA.

Its the way football works. Kids come in get developed and move on. That funds football clubs. What Brennan wants to do is to take a large slice of the funds and pocket it for himself. Hes a talented lad but in my book its not yet his money to pocket. The future of the club depends on its ability to trade its assets in the market. Tom Ince is a player who had a lot of the playing characteristics that Brennan's got now and who's been advised to put money ahead of his football. What's he now? He's just a 2nd tier club's reserve player who everyone looks at and thinks he's wasted his talent. Brennan needs to take note because he seems to be treading a very similar path.

[ozzyten10]

Please separate the player from the politic. At 20 years old I could barely sort what I was going to wear never mind sort my career out. This is DJ doing it - don’t like it but after his own early retirement knows only too well how short a career it is. BJ is probably the hottest property outside the premiership. Let’s wait and see and just enjoy whilst he is here

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Was a menace again today, took Swansea apart with his pace on the break. Goes without saying we would be so much weaker were he to leave.

Would like to say though I thought his play acting was disgraceful, went over twice holding his head trying to get an opponent sent off. He has already been booked for simulation and going over unnecessarily, Its no wonder we dont get penalty decisions from refs. I would like Cooper to have a word in his ear.

[Paplane]

Was a menace again today, took Swansea apart with his pace on the break. Goes without saying we would be so much weaker were he to leave.

Would like to say though I thought his play acting was disgraceful, went over twice holding his head trying to get an opponent sent off. He has already been booked for simulation and going over unnecessarily, Its no wonder we dont get penalty decisions from refs. I would like Cooper to have a word in his ear.

Totally Salv. He was a bit of an embarrassment. His play acting that it.

The team were set up today to optimise his pace. Worked like a gem after a few scares.

[Username]

Him and Spence seemed much more on the same page today

[Fumanchew]

That’s the second one the sky sports efl corner have made with their 21 under 21, feels a bit strange to have all these spotlights on our talent

[Strawberry Avenger]

That’s the second one the sky sports efl corner have made with their 21 under 21, feels a bit strange to have all these spotlights on our talent

Nice to have the fruits of the Forest Academy recognised by the media recognising this prodigious talent.

SA.

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

New contract coming soon for BJ.

[nffc93]

New contract coming soon for BJ.

Be nice if it's true. Noticed Percy has just said talks are happening this week. fingers crossed

[Salvatore Matrecano]

New contract coming soon for BJ.

Fantastic news Sniff hope it comes off.
Doesn’t mean he will stay with us beyond summer of course but it protects our investment. Presumably some common sense breaking put about the famous release clause.

[Red Dog]

That would be awesome! Would also show the intent of the club