Sam Johnson is a famous English goalkeeper. Pupil of the famous football club Manchester United, who has not played a single match for the main team.
Biography
Samuel Luke Johnson (Johnston, Johnstone in various sources) was born in the small English city of Preston on March 25, 1993. From early childhood, the boy was fond of the most popular game in the world and chased the ball from morning to evening in the yard. Over time, he realized that he was better at standing on the goal and began to appear regularly in the frame. Sam not only loved to play, but also watched football on TV; his favorite club was the famous English Manchester United. The dream of a talented goalkeeper was someday to play for the “Red Devils” and contribute to the success of the club.
Career
Sam Johnson ended up at the academy of the famous club when he was sixteen years old. Despite the excitement, the guy was able to demonstrate his skills and even impress the club management. Most of the decisions on the team were made by Sir Alex Ferguson, and this time could not have done without him. The boss saw the potential of the young goalkeeper, and as a result, Johnson was accepted into the youth structure of the “Red Devils”.
A year later, spent in the club’s academy, Sam was able to prove that he deserves the first number of the reserve team “MU”, and the athlete spent the season starting in 2010 as the main player of the youth team. In the same year, he won the first trophy: Manchester United won the youth cup in England.
In 2011, Johnson signed his first professional contract with the club. In July of the same year, he was sent on loan to the club from the lower divisions of Oldham Athletic. Sam managed to play for the new team in only two pre-season matches, after which he returned to the location of “MJ”. Before the start of the season, he moved to Scanthrop United, where he spent the whole year leaving the field only 12 times.
Despite the great prospects, Johnson did not realize his full potential and could not even get closer to the rank of the second or third goalkeeper of the club. Until 2018, he regularly traveled around on leases, never having played for the main club staff. In July 2018, when the club was still headed by Jose Mourinho, the management decided to sell the goalkeeper, and on the 3rd of the day Johnson signed a four-year contract with the club of the English championship West Bromwich Albion. In this team, he immediately took a place at the base and performs regularly.
