Bradley Johnson has completed his move to Leeds United after the clubs agreed an undisclosed fee for the midfielder this afternoon. Johnson has been subject to plenty of rumours since the transfer window opened last week but has now put pen to paper with the Elland Road club who beat the Cobblers 3-0 on Saturday.
Johnson began his career as a youth scholar at Cambridge United before Colin Calderwood brought him to Sixfields and took up the remainder of that scholarship. He spent spells on loan at Ebbsfleet United and Stevenage Borough before finally getting a chance in the first team under Stuart Gray.
Johnson hit vital goals in the fight to avoid the drop last season including the winning goal in the 2-1 win over eventual league winners Scunthorpe United. This season, he has scored five times for the Cobblers with his most recent strike coming in the 4-1 home win against Bournemouth at the end of December.
Stuart Gray was disappointed to lose Johnson but understood the players’ desire to push himself at a higher level whilst also saying that he has transfer targets in which he can possibly use some of the money from the deal.
Gray said, “We are disappointed to lose Bradley but he moves on with our best wishes and we now have got to move on ourselves. I want to take this club forward but we’ve got a good fee for him and we didn’t want to stand in his way.”
“Everything I asked of Bradley he took on board and he has definitely improved as a player. He’d probably admit himself that he has been a little bit inconsistent at times this season but credit to him he’s stuck at it and we were probably just starting to see the best of him.”
“The money we’ve got from selling Bradley will hopefully allow me to strengthen the team in other areas and at the minute I am waiting on phone calls from other managers with answers on players we are interested in.”
“I will only bring players to this football club if they will improve us and they have to be the right players. We are looking at both loans and permanent signings.”
Johnson began his career as a youth scholar at Cambridge United before Colin Calderwood brought him to Sixfields and took up the remainder of that scholarship. He spent spells on loan at Ebbsfleet United and Stevenage Borough before finally getting a chance in the first team under Stuart Gray.
Johnson hit vital goals in the fight to avoid the drop last season including the winning goal in the 2-1 win over eventual league winners Scunthorpe United. This season, he has scored five times for the Cobblers with his most recent strike coming in the 4-1 home win against Bournemouth at the end of December.
Stuart Gray was disappointed to lose Johnson but understood the players’ desire to push himself at a higher level whilst also saying that he has transfer targets in which he can possibly use some of the money from the deal.
Gray said, “We are disappointed to lose Bradley but he moves on with our best wishes and we now have got to move on ourselves. I want to take this club forward but we’ve got a good fee for him and we didn’t want to stand in his way.”
“Everything I asked of Bradley he took on board and he has definitely improved as a player. He’d probably admit himself that he has been a little bit inconsistent at times this season but credit to him he’s stuck at it and we were probably just starting to see the best of him.”
“The money we’ve got from selling Bradley will hopefully allow me to strengthen the team in other areas and at the minute I am waiting on phone calls from other managers with answers on players we are interested in.”
“I will only bring players to this football club if they will improve us and they have to be the right players. We are looking at both loans and permanent signings.”
No comments:
Post a Comment