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Brennan Johnson is “a complete Premier League footballer” who is primed to thrive in the top flight this season, according to Nottingham Forest assistant boss Alan Tate. <\/span><\/p>\n Wales forward Johnson had a spectacular breakthrough campaign as Forest returned to the top flight last season.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Tate says Johnson, 21, is “definitely the future of Welsh football”.<\/span><\/p>\n “We all know the excitement that Brennan is bringing to the nation,” Tate said. <\/span><\/p>\n “When I was back home [in Wales] in the summer, he was the big topic with anyone I spoke to. <\/span><\/p>\n “People wanted to know what Brennan was like – is he as good as the form he was showing at the end of last season and also with Wales against Belgium and Holland in the summer?<\/span><\/p>\n “The only answer I could give was that he is. He is a brilliant lad, quite quiet, but works really hard. In front of goal he is really good and he is definitely the future of Welsh football.”<\/span><\/p>\n Nottingham-born Johnson, the son of former Forest striker David, made his senior debut for the City Ground club in 2019 after coming through the academy.<\/span><\/p>\n He began making his mark in senior football during a loan spell at Lincoln in 2020-21 before scoring 19 goals in 53 appearances as Forest won promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs.<\/span><\/p>\n Steve Cooper’s side go in search of a first win since returning to the top division when they host West Ham on Sunday, having lost on the opening weekend at Newcastle United.<\/span><\/p>\n “We were talking about Brenna in the build-up to the Newcastle game. Just before pre-match food, we had a walk around Newcastle as staff,” former Swansea City defender Tate told BBC Radio Wales Sport.<\/span><\/p>\n “We were talking about the rise Brennan has had. This will be his third full season of first-team football.<\/span><\/p>\n “The first one was a loan spell at Lincoln, the second was an unbelievable spell with us last year, with the goals and goal contributions he had and the focus other teams had on him.<\/span><\/p>\n “For his third season in men’s football to be a Premier League season with a World Cup in the middle of it – I can’t think of a more meteoric rise.<\/span><\/p>\n “He just keeps adapting to the level and getting better and better. We saw that in pre-season. <\/span><\/p>\n