Complete the £1 million Rotherham United signing.
Stoke City are set to finalize a deal to sign Rotherham United goalkeeper Viktor Johansson this week.
Johansson’s future at the New York Stadium has long been clear. Following the season’s last game, manager Steve Evans predicted that the 25-year-old would leave the club within a month.
Evans noted that there were numerous top second-tier sides interested in Johansson, and the Potters appear to be the front-runners in the battle to sign the shot-stopper at a reduced price.
Stoke City are likely to sign Rotherham’s Viktor Johansson.
According to John Percy of The Telegraph, the Swedish international will have a physical on Friday before moving to the bet365 Stadium in a deal for more than £1 million.
Stoke exercised a provision in the Rotherham captain’s contract that permitted him to go at a reduced fee if the Millers were relegated to League One.
Other EFL clubs, like Leeds United and Derby County, were said to be interested in Johansson, but City look to have won the race to sign him.
The Rotherham Advertiser broke the news of Johansson’s newest agreement with the Millers, which included a low release clause.
They claimed that the Swede’s two-and-a-half-year contract, signed when Matt Taylor was still in charge, featured a clause allowing him to quit the club for a seven-figure price.
Journalist Alan Nixon later wrote on Patreon that the value of the release clause was barely shy of that figure, at £900,000. According to the same source, Stoke are leading the battle to sign Johansson, although the newly promoted Rams are still interested in him.
