Fulham striker believes USA coach is the right man to replace Roy Hodgson.
Bradley is rumoured to be on a three-man shortlist for the vacant Fulham post alongside Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld and Sven-Goran Eriksson, while Martin Jol could also be a contender.
Yet Johnson, who has played regularly under Bradley for USA, feels his compatriot may be best placed to continue Hodgson’s good work.
“Bob could do a good job at Fulham,” he said. “If you look at the statistics then it’s plain to see that he has done a good job with the US. They did well in the World Cup, won their group and played really well and that’s all down to him. He’s a very similar manager to Roy. He plays attractive football but also organises his team in a defined shape that is hard to play against. They are similar in a lot of ways. The training sessions are very similar and their style on the pitch is.
Bob was always keen to come over to Europe to see how the game was over there and he has been over to Fulham’s training ground a couple of times and has seen how Roy coached Fulham. I think that made their styles similar.”
Johnson spent last season on loan at FC Aris but he now feels he could force his way into the Fulham first-team.
“Being on loan in Greece was good for me. It was a good league, a good standard. The target now is for me to get a first-team spot.
“If I’m scoring goals in pre-season in these games then it’s good to get in the manager’s head and it’s good to put pressure on the manager. At the end of the day all I can do is control what I can control, keep playing well and make the manager’s decision hard. I’m confident in myself. If I get a manager that believes in me here then – who knows? – this could be the year here for me.”
