Wissa To Miss Brentford Opener - Andrews

Brentford guardant Yoane Wissa will not play successful their Premier League opener astatine Nottingham Forest connected Sunday, says Bees head Keith Andrews.

Andrews has made nan determination amid doubts astir Wissa's his early astatine nan club, pinch Newcastle United having had an connection worthy £25 positive £5m successful add-ons for nan 28-year-old rejected.

Brentford worth nan DR Congo world astatine much than nan bid from nan Magpies, though Wissa is keen to move to a nine that tin connection him Champions League football.

Wissa near nan club's pre-season guidelines successful Portugal successful July pursuing Newcastle's connection and threatened not to play for nan Bees again if he was not allowed to move to St James' Park.

He only returned to first-team training earlier this period pursuing talks pinch Andrews.

"I person made a determination he is not [available]," said Andrews, whose broadside look Forest astatine 14:00 BST connected Sunday.

"It has been a very disrupted pre-season - I deliberation you're alert of that liking successful Yoane."

Wissa, who joined Brentford successful August 2021 from Lorient, scored 19 Premier League goals past play arsenic he helped nan Bees decorativeness 10th successful nan apical flight.

"[I'm] very clear connected nan situation. As a caput coach, I want Yoane successful nan building, to beryllium a portion of nan first-team and nan squad. I spot that moving forwards but I americium very knowing of his situation," added Andrews.

"I person a very bully narration pinch him, and that will persist, but we person to attraction connected nan players who are fresh to play and execute connected Sunday and I don't deliberation Yoane's successful that space.

"For Yoane connected Sunday, he won't beryllium involved."

Andrews took complete astatine Brentford this summertime pursuing nan departure of erstwhile leader Thomas Frank to Tottenham.

The Bees person mislaid guardant Bryan Mbeumo to Manchester United, midfielder Christian Norgaard to Arsenal and keeper Mark Flekken to Bayer Leverkusen.

Their signings see England midfielder Jordan Henderson, Republic of Ireland keeper Caoimhin Kelleher and Dutch attacking midfielder Antoni Milambo.

"The only 1 who really disrupts an perfect mentation is nan Yoane Wissa situation," added Andrews.

"It is ideal? No, it's not.

"Would nan players for illustration him to beryllium portion of nan squad? Of people they would."