Newcastle United now preparing £30 million Yoane Wissa bid as striker flies back to UK after leaving Brentford training camp
As reported earlier today, Yoane Wissa has left Brentford’s training camp out in Portugal amid rumours of interest from Newcastle United.
The DR Congo striker is heading back to London for talks with Phil Giles – the Newcastle United supporting director of football for Burnley – amid reports that the striker wants to leave Brentford this summer.
Newcastle, along with Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest, are thought to be interested in signing the 28-year-old this summer, and Wissa is very keen on a move, especially as each club has European football to offer next season.
While reports suggest that Brentford would be looking for £40 million if they are to reluctantly sell Wissa, a new report from Ben Jacobs is suggesting that the Magpies are readying a £30 million bid.Top marks for Memecastle United’s Wissa post I mean, of course Newcastle are readying a £30 million bid for a player that has been widely reported to have a £40 million price tag. Is there anything more Newcastle United than that?
Tottenham and Nottingham Forest are both interested, so it’s not as if Newcastle really has the luxury of being the only club in the game. They are once again playing with fire.
Brentford have already lost Bryan Mbeumo to Manchester United and made it clear they’d only be willing to lose either Mbeumo or Wissa, so the fact that Wissa is agitating for a move is likely to force their hand, but they aren’t going to want to let him go for cheap.Just give Brentford what they want and stop messing about
Wissa isn’t the exciting signing we were all hoping for after chasing Liam Delap, Joao Pedro and Hugo Ekitike, but he is a solid option and has the potential to add a new dimension to our attack for a couple of years, so while he’s not going to have us rushing out to get his name printed on our shirts, we wouln’t mind his arrival.
Of course, we have to actually be willing to pay for his services. While we agree that £40 million is a lot for a player of his age, the fact is, players are going well beyond their early thirties now, so a player’s peak isn’t necessarily mid-late twenties anymore.
At the end of the day, Brentford are going to demand £40 million because they do not want to sell. We may value him lower, but that’s not the point. We seem to want to do transfer deals purely on our terms, but when the shoe is on the other foot, we get all offended. We can’t have it both ways.
Unless we feel we have a real shot at a Champions League-quality striker, just make a realistic offer for Wissa, get him in and then focus on the defender and goalkeeper positions. We’re all getting tired of these sagas.