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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Club insiders hold promising Sam Johnstone belief"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-club-insiders-hold-promising-sam-johnstone-belief/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Tottenham Hotspur News"
published: "2022-04-08T05:15:57Z"
modified: "2022-04-08T05:15:57Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Club insiders hold promising Sam Johnstone belief

**According to The Sun and reporter [Tom Barclay](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/18183096/johnstone-transfer-tottenham-southampton-west-brom/), some promising transfer news has now come out of Tottenham Hotspur involving West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper Sam Johnstone.**

### The Lowdown: Spurs favourites?

The Lilywhites have been very heavily linked with a move for Johnstone over this last week with reliable sources believing Tottenham are actually favourites.

[Tottenham newest updates…](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/web-stories/tottenham-newest-updates/)

Indeed, [football.london correspondent Alasdair Gold](https://thisisfutbol.com/2022/04/blogs/premier-league/tottenham-hotspur/tottenham-hotspur-alasdair-gold-transfer-sam-johnstone/) says Spurs and transfer chief Fabio Paratici are in pole position to sign the 29-year-old who is set to leave West Brom as a free agent this summer.

This comes as Spurs loanee Pierluigi Gollini seems [set to return to parent club Atalanta](https://mobile.twitter.com/ryantaylorsport/status/1510966028024569857?s=21&t=-GfYAVH2dK4KPuRXtKDOKw) with Antonio Conte now looking like he’ll have to take to the market for a back-up to Hugo Lloris.

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### The Latest: Barclay makes Spurs claim…

According to reporter Barclay of [The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/18183096/johnstone-transfer-tottenham-southampton-west-brom/), Tottenham are ‘increasingly confident’ they will sign Johnstone, with those inside the north London club now believing he ‘will opt’ to join Conte.

Spurs apparently view the [Three Lions ace](https://www.wba.co.uk/news/johnstone-drafted-england-squad) as a potential future successor to Lloris, though will initially be used as a back-up option.

### The Verdict: Ideal option…

On a free deal, Johnstone comes as a very ideal option for Spurs with international experience and proven performances in the Premier League.

Ex-Baggies boss Sam Allardyce was[very up front in his praise](https://talksport.com/football/809587/sam-allardyce-west-brom-sam-johnstone-manchester-united-leeds-brighton-transfer/) for the 29-year-old last season despite West Brom’s eventual relegation with various pundits also proving to be big fans of Johnstone.

Wolves legend Steve Bull, for example, lavished the homegrown ace as a ‘[world class](https://thisisfutbol.com/2021/06/blogs/premier-league/wolves/exclusive-steve-bull-tells-wolves-to-sign-world-class-goalkeeper-sam-johnstone-e156/)‘ shot stopper – leaving plenty of evidence to suggest he comes as an astute option for Tottenham.

***In other news: Tottenham eye ‘in the coming weeks’ as they make offer for exciting midfielder, find out more [here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-lilywhites-make-offer-for-promising-midfielder-leo-black/)***