Brentford Seal Club Record £42.5m Deal For Ouattara

Brentford person completed a nine grounds woody of up to £42.5m to motion Dango Ouattara from Bournemouth.

The Burkina Faso guardant joins nan Bees connected a five-year statement pinch nan action of a further year.

The 23-year-old, who scored 9 goals successful 37 games successful each competitions past season, is viewed arsenic a replacement for Bryan Mbeumo, who moved to Manchester United successful July.

"We're really happy to get Dango in," said Brentford leader Keith Andrews.

"He's personification that we were alert and amazed could beryllium disposable and, erstwhile we knew that signing him mightiness beryllium a possibility, we really focused connected trying to get him.

"We liked his Premier League experience, moreover astatine his young age, and he conscionable hasn't recovered nan hit yet because of a deficiency of accordant crippled time."

Sources adjacent to Ouattara, who joined Bournemouth successful January 2023 from French broadside Lorient, told BBC Sport he was keen to move arsenic he had struggled to carve retired a salient domiciled astatine nan Cherries.

Andrews believes he could beryllium to beryllium a valuable acquisition for Brentford.

"He suits nan measurement we want to play - he has thing that we were lacking successful nan guardant line, and he will complement what we already person successful nan building," added nan erstwhile Republic of Ireland midfielder.

"The fans will emotion him - he's nan type of subordinate that they will get disconnected their spot for."

Nottingham Forest antecedently held an liking successful Ouattara, but alternatively opted to motion England Under-21 winger Omari Hutchinson for £37.5m from Ipswich.

It remains unclear whether Ouattara's presence will pave nan measurement for striker Yoane Wissa to time off Brentford.

On Thursday, Andrews said Wissa would not play successful their Premier League opener astatine Forest connected Sunday amid doubts astir his future.

Newcastle United person had an connection worthy £25m positive £5m successful add-ons for nan 28-year-old rejected.