Conte reportedly plotting Spurs summer swoop for 6ft 4in ace Glenn Hoddle has called ‘outstanding’

Tue 12 April 2022 16:15, UK

Totten♏ham Hotspur are reportedly planning to battle with Manchester United over Sam Johnstone.

According to , Spurs๊ and the Red Devils are hoping to land the West Brom and England goalkeeper.

Antonio Conte reportedly wants mo🌜re competition for🌟 Hugo Lloris, who recently penned a new deal at N17.

Pierluigi Gollini, Tottenham’s second-ch💖oice keeper, is ♏on loan at the club and looks unlikely to stay beyond the summer.

Meanwhile, Johnstone w꧅ill rep🐽ortedly leave The Hawthorns at the end of the season once his contract expires.

The Sky Sports report claims the ace has no intention of penn🐽ing a new d๊eal.

Johnstone’s club curren๊tly sits eight points adrift of the Championship’s top six with five games 🉐to go.

While promotion is st𓆉ill a possibility for the Baggies, there’s a lot of competition for a top-six finish.

And with Johnstone an En✃gland international proven at Premier League levܫel, it’s not surprising he reportedly wants to return to the top flight.

“Ready for one of the top six clubs”

In January last year, Tottenham ꧙legend Glenn Hoddle waxed lyrical about the 29-year-old in the .

“I 🌱really like Sam Johnstone, the goalkeeper at West Brom,” he w🉐rote.

“I think he is ready for one of the top six clubs to ဣgo𝐆 and get him.

“I’ve seen🗹 him four ti💮mes this year and he has been outstanding.

“If West Brom can get out 🐷of the hole they are in, he🎶 could be the one to save them.”

A proven Premier League player and England international in the prime of his career available on༒ a free.

It’s an absolute no-brainer for Spurs, and th🦩ey’re currently ✨in a better position than United, so they have a great chance of landing Johnstone.