Tottenham Hotspur Disrupt Manchester United's Plan To Sign Sam Johnstone

Sam Johnstone became a bone of contention for Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. (Photo: Twitter @WBA)

JAKARTA - Manchester United's efforts to get West Brom Albion goalkeeper, Sam Johnstone, are believed to not be smooth. The reason, Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly also interested in getting the English player.

Sam Johnstone has ambitions to play in the Premier League next season. Incidentally, his contract with the club currently competing in the Championship League will expire at the end of the season.

Quoted by Antara from Sky Sports, the player will not extend his contract. This has been confirmed West Brom coach, Steve Bruce.

Manchester United reportedly view Johnstone as the right replacement for Dean Henderson, who is reportedly considering his future at Old Trafford.

Last season, Henderson had quite a few opportunities to become a competitor to David De Gea. But this season, he's been getting less playing time.

Manchester United are reportedly preparing to release Henderson on a long-term loan and get Johnstone for free this summer.

On the other hand, Tottenham Hotspur also tried their luck to bring in Johnstone to be able to give competition to main goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

In the transfer market last winter, Tottenham almost got Johstone, but in the end chose to withdraw because there were several more important positions to be filled at that time.

Tottenham coach Antonio Conte thinks Johnstone is the right person to give competition to Lloris, who in January just extended his tenure with The Lilywhites.

Sam Johnstone is an English goalkeeper who graduated from the Manchester United academy and was loaned out to several clubs such as Preston North End, Aston Sevilla before finally moving permanently to West Brom in the summer of 2018.

During his time with West Brom, the 28-year-old goalkeeper has made 167 appearances and recorded 45 clean sheets from 15,060 minutes played.