Neco Williams has backed his former Nottingham Forest team-mate Brennan Johnson to thrive at Tottenham and hold Wales within the race for Euro 2024 qualification.
Johnson accomplished a £47.5million switch to Spurs within the closing minutes of deadline day and has not but performed for his new membership.
However Williams mentioned the 22-year-old ahead celebrated the transfer by taking a number of of his Wales team-mates out to dinner in London and choosing up the tab.
Johnson is, maybe unfairly, thought-about the direct substitute for report Spurs goalscorer Harry Kane and the person to fill the boots of retired Wales nice Gareth Bale at worldwide degree.
“Loads followers will say that, however on the similar time Brennan will not be Gareth Bale or Harry Kane,” Forest full-back Williams mentioned forward of Wales’ important Euro 2024 qualifier in Latvia on Monday.
“He’s his personal participant and he has received his personal fashion. He wouldn’t wish to be in comparison with them or be seen as their replacements to step in.
“He has received the potential to achieve the very best of ranges. However on the similar time he’s solely 22 and nonetheless very younger.
“He has confirmed it within the Premier League and now he has to show it at what you’d say is a top-six group and do it within the Premier League once more.
“He’s received a transfer for giant cash and you may see that his confidence has taken him to the subsequent degree.
“Hopefully he can take that with him into this Wales camp and win us some video games.”
Johnson met up with a few of his Wales colleagues in London after becoming a member of Tottenham earlier than arriving for worldwide responsibility.
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“We celebrated with a bit drink and a few good meals,” mentioned 22-year-old Williams.
“It was a bit meet up and an opportunity to say congratulations to Brennan on his transfer. To be honest, he received the invoice as effectively.
“Everybody was buzzing for him. It was final minute however we’re all more than happy for him.
“I’m simply not trying ahead to seeing him come again to the Metropolis Floor!”
Johnson and Williams each began on Thursday as Wales drew 0-0 with South Korea in a Cardiff pleasant.
However the Latvia sport represents the vital a part of the September double-header as Wales try to revive their Euro 2024 qualification bid.
Defeats to Armenia and Turkey in June have left Wales taking part in catch-up in Group D and there’s no margin for error in Riga.
Williams mentioned: “After we look again on it, the targets we conceded, we all know we are able to accomplish that a lot better than that.
“As a group, that simply wasn’t us. You possibly can pinpoint so many issues.
“The gaps have been too large from the strikers to the defenders, it simply wasn’t an excellent efficiency all-round.
“We’ve received high groups in our group and knew it wasn’t going to be straightforward from the beginning.
“However we’ve received loads of video games to place that proper and get as many factors as potential to qualify.”