Brennan Johnson’s potential is ‘quite scary’ – Wales captain Aaron Ramsey

Aaron Ramsey has described Brennan Johnson’s potential as “scary” but admits he was unhappy to see his Wales team-mate join Tottenham on transfer deadline day.

Ramsey spent 11 years in north London at Arsenal where he made 370 nearly appearances and twice scored FA Cup final-winning goals for the Gunners.

The 32-year-old midfielder left Arsenal in 2019 and had spells at Juventus and Nice before rejoining his first club Cardiff this summer.

But having linked up with Wales for their crunch Euro 2024 qualifier in Latvia, Ramsey showed his Arsenal loyalties run deep when he said of forward Johnson’s £47.5million move from Nottingham Forest on Friday: “I wish it weren’t to Tottenham.

“For him it’s a brilliant move. The potential he has is quite scary and hopefully he can take those next steps and go to the next level.

“He’s going to be important for Wales as well. He’s going to be huge for us over the years to come and we’re all excited that he has another platform to go on and improve himself again.”

Wales play South Korea in a Cardiff friendly on Thursday before the more serious part of their September double-header in Riga next Monday.

Defeats to Armenia and Turkey in June have left Wales with a mountain to climb to automatically qualify for the Euro 2024 finals in Germany next summer, piling the pressure on manager Rob Page into the bargain.

Wales have won only once during a 12-game run that saw them fail to win a game and score only once – a Gareth Bale penalty – at their first World Cup appearance for 64 years.

That 1-0 victory came against Group D whipping boys Latvia in Cardiff in March.

Skipper Ramsey said: “We are all behind the gaffer as what he has done has been quite remarkable coming into the job in the