Brennan Johnson

[dixie normus]

Everton and Crystal Palace have held talks over a potential swap deal involving English winger Dwight McNeil, 26, and Palace's Wales winger Brennan Johnson, 25. (Times - subscription required)

[Silas]

Never feel like swap deals ever happen successfully. Not sure I want one ok ish winger replacing an average one just so Moyes has an excuse not to go with Dibling and George

[Brownie]

BREAKING! - Everton and Crystal Palace are progressing on a swap deal involving Dwight McNeil and Brennan Johnson.

The transfer will NOT involve any money and is a straight swap. Medicals for both players could take place as early as Monday

(Source - Paul Joyce)

[kramer]

That’s bizarre for Palace.

I like it for us. Gives us a direct winger to run in behind and stretch defenses. We completely lack that sort of player.

Last season was the first “down” season of his career and he’s still prime age. I think it’s fair to bet that it was a blip and not a sign of full career skid.

[Fynci]

Still not having this. Surely it's an elaborate hoax?

[Gash]

I feel a Brennan Johnson thread coming!

[Granite]

Great deal if true. But as Andy said, we’d need to adapt the way we play. Would be a waste if he spent 80% of his time just protecting his fullback.

[kramer]

Could’ve plausibly been a hoax until Paul Joyce reported it.

[Gash]

Or as I saw someone call him earlier, Brendon Johnstone doing a swap with McNeial.

[Bumble]

Really weird one.

Pleased to see McNeil go but not sure I see the logic in this.

[The Doc]

Really weird one.

Pleased to see McNeil go but not sure I see the logic in this.

Plenty of logic for us, we need pace.

[kramer]

If we had signed Theo Walcott 2-3 years earlier and all it had cost us fee-wise was a player we didn’t want anymore, it would’ve been a good deal.

That’s kind of what this feels like to me.

I get that he’s a bad fit for their system but wild that Palace are entertaining this so soon after paying £35m for him. I know they just won an FA Cup and a Conference League so they’ve got that going for them but I’d be livid about this business if I supported them.

[Bumble]

We’re probably just taking over the existing terms of his rather expensive 4.5 yr contract after they have decided they don’t rate him and don’t want him. Whilst getting rid of McNeil’s wages at the same time.

He’s just not a very good addition to the squad though is he?

[Gary1878]

There is more upside for us than for Palace. McNeil is what he is and won’t improve from here. Johnson can improve and has shown he is capable of much more than he has recently shown.

By getting Johnson however, it is an opportunity cost and we are forgoing receiving the cash and being able to use those resources elsewhere. The question we should be asking is, if we received the cash instead, would Johnson be near the top of the list to replace McNeil?

[brap2]

I’m deffo having that deal, not that I particularly like Johnson but adds stuff we don’t really have I think.

Hope it happens.