Newcastle Make Improved £40m Offer For Brentford Striker Yoane Wissa

Newcastle person made an improved £40m bid for Brentford striker Yoane Wissa arsenic they activity to reenforce Eddie Howe’s onslaught amid uncertainty regarding nan early of Alexander Isak.

As Isak trains separately from his Newcastle teammates successful an effort to unit a move to Liverpool, Wissa missed Brentford’s 3-1 conclusion astatine Nottingham Forest past play arsenic he, successful turn, attempted to push done a transfer to St James’ Park. Newcastle insist Isak will not beryllium allowed to time off nan nine this summer. Wissa’s imaginable presence could yet change that narrative.

Despite suggestions from wrong St James’ Park that Wissa is seen chiefly arsenic a replacement for Callum Wilson pursuing his move to West Ham earlier this summer, it is striking really overmuch nan 28-year-old’s Premier League scoring statistic from past play reflector those of Isak. While Wissa scored 19 goals successful 35 appearances for Brentford, each from unfastened play, Isak managed 23 goals successful 34 appearances, pinch 4 of those resulting from penalties.

Although Wissa, who turns 29 adjacent month, has only 1 twelvemonth remaining connected his contract, Brentford are reluctant to suffer him aft seeing head Thomas Frank depart for Tottenham, skipper Christian Nørgaard caput to Arsenal, and Bryan Mbeumo, Wissa’s onslaught parter astatine nan Gtech Community Stadium, time off for Manchester United this summer.

Newcastle’s first £25m connection for nan DR Congo striker was rejected but it was wide expected they would return. Their latest offer, submitted wrong hours of Isak’s incendiary Instagram post successful which he claimed Newcastle had surgery promises and breached his trust, is believed to beryllium an first £35m pinch a further £5m successful adhd ons.

Brentford are thought to want betwixt £50m-£60m for Wissa but could good judge Newcastle’s connection fixed nan player’s attempts to time off nan club, which has included deleting each Brentford references from his societal media accounts. They person besides added guardant Dango Ouattara to their ranks, expanding Newcastle’s assurance complete a woody being done successful nan coming days.

Any statement is improbable to travel successful clip for Howe to section Wissa successful Monday night’s hotly-anticipated Premier League gathering pinch Liverpool astatine St James’ Park.