He faces a daunting task following Harry Kane at Tottenham and Gareth Bale with Wales - but Brennan Johnson seems to have a bright future.
Live on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Sounds, BBC Sport website and app, plus live textIt is a task that is closer to impossible than simply intimidating; beyond most and daunting to nearly all.You would not have known it, given the way he breezed around Wales' hotel base before their games against South Korea and Latvia.
Even his biggest admirers would not suggest Johnson is about to threaten Kane's 213 Premier League goals at Tottenham, or even the historic 41 that Bale managed in the red of Wales."It doesn't sound easy when you say it like that," says national team-mate and long-time friend Neco Williams with a wry smile.
David Johnson's goalscoring exploits for Nottingham Forest and Ipswich Town saw him courted by all four home nations "His links are quite strong on his mother's side and I think us finding out about his eligibility actually came from his side. "It's one thing having pace, but it is another thing knowing how to use it," Michael Appleton, Lincoln's head coach at the time, told the Guardian.
Johnson continued his ascent with eight goals and a number of eye-catching performances for Forest in the top flight last season, and that is when interest in him rocketed. "It's no secret that that's been the model for me, not just here, but wherever I've gone. It's just as much about the person you're bringing in as the footballer.
He is not a direct replacement for Kane, but rather a part of a collective Spurs effort - alongside the likes of Son Heung-min, Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski - to fill the void left by the England captain's move to Bayern Munich.
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