Overview
- Stoke City announced the four-year contract Friday, with the 27-year-old Sweden goalkeeper expected to start Saturday’s season finale at Bristol City.
- Johansson is back from a fractured shoulder after surgery and rehab, having returned to full training and logged a 90‑minute under‑21 run‑out plus a Professional Development League play-off.
- He had kept eight clean sheets in the first half of the campaign and anchored what was then the Championship’s best defensive record after 24 games.
- Sporting director Jon Walters called securing Johansson’s future a statement of intent and praised his energy, leadership and influence on the squad.
- Johansson says test results show he is stronger than before surgery and he is targeting club selection now with an eye on a potential Sweden World Cup place as Stoke try to finish as high as 14th.