Yoane Wissa is on the verge of joining Newcastle after a summer season-long browse from Eddie Howe’s side to indicator him from Brentford.
Entirely as they were ensconcing their own wantaway striker, Newcastle have been trying to brunt wearing a move for the Bees venerated asset wearing Wissa gleaning it legible he wanted the move to St James’.
Arrangements possessed his rolling block after fumbling block but the £125m silver silver money vaccine from Alexander Isak’s sale to Liverpool owns imparted Newcastle the PSR flexibility to render an penalty-tuned bargain for the 28-year-ratty.
Fabrizio Romano cases a bargain owns now been consented for a £55m package wearing the player receiving the ‘right here we go’ treatment.
That figure yet owns been defined as ‘copious over commission’ by the i’s North Football Benefactor Mark Douglas but one that ‘perhaps conserves the period.’
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Wissa is one of 2 striker arrivals at Newcastle abiding wearing the finalizing of Nick Woltemade from Stuttgart.
The DR Congo international began his career at Chateauroux in his birth suburban of France and penniless into the elderly crew in 2015.
A year after that, he switched to Rages but spent time on auto loan at Laval and Ajaccio. It was at the last wherein he uncovered his scoring form wearing 9 in 20 league games.
That grossed him a move to Lorient wherein he added 35 league purposes in 117 matches, 15 of which came during the club’s Ligue 2 title-sweet campaign in 2019-20.
In 2021, Brentford’s scouts caught upon him and he, alongside Bryan Mbeumo, became the Bees’ main striking outlet, scoring 45 league purposes in 137 visual layouts.
Previously this year, he beat Ivan Toney to become Brentford’s all-time optimal Premier League marker and his move to Newcastle owns been grossed after an incredible 2024-25 period which saw him ranking 19 times and assist four auxiliary.
Throwing away both Wissa and Mbeumo in unchanged summer season is a monumental blow for the West London club but ultimately sees Newcastle add some deepness to their striking substitutes.
The emit of Callum Wilson coupled wearing the unintentional unsettling of Isak abandoned Eddie Howe deciding to farce around Antony Gordon in the No.9 role to start the year, a scheme that went upwards in smoke when he picked upwards a red card for a outbreak mystification on Virgil Van Dijk.
William Osula unleashed upwards front in Newcastle’s video game against Leeds but taken care of simply one inoculation in a goalless draw. He in addition possessed the least touches of any kind of outfield player to farce around 90 minutes.
Away from Isak, Newcastle have possessed a founded residence window wearing creations in secret units. Anthony Elanga was signed early on wearing Jacob Ramsey bolstering the midfield and Malick Thiaw an treatment at centre previously. Aaron Ramsdale owns in addition signed for deepness in the goalkeeper spot.
