‘Feeling is’ - Sky Sports expects Newcastle United to seal deal as £30m bid lined up
Brentford forward Yoane Wissa is currently being pursued by Newcastle United.
Newcastle United are preparing an improved bid for Yoane Wissa with the Brentford forward keen on making the move to St James’ Park.
The Wissa talk has intensified in the last 24 hours after the player left the Bees’ training camp in Portugal to return to London and hold talks over his future.
And it is the Magpies who are currently leading the chase for Wissa, though Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest have also shown interest.
Newcastle United eyeing deal Yoane Wissa after triple ‘snub’
In addition to keeping Alexander Isak, Newcastle are looking to sign a striker to fill the void left by Callum Wilson, who departed at the end of his contract earlier this month.
Last week, the Magpies saw a club-record £69million bid for Eintracht Frankfurt’s Hugo Ekitike rejected before Liverpool, after being told Isak was not for sale, joined the race to this week agree a deal worth £79million plus a reported £250,000 in weekly wages.
United also held with Liam Delap and Joao Pedro but both players decided to join Chelsea from Ipswich Town and Brighton & Hove Albion, respectively.
Sky Sports: Yoane Wissa to Newcastle United ‘should get done’
After seeing a £25million bid rejected, Newcastle are weighing up an improved offer for Wissa, who scored 19 Premier League goals last season. According to Sky Sports News, a second bid is set to total in £30million plus add-ons, with a feeling that “a deal should get done”.
Wissa has just 12 months left on his current contract, though there is an option to activate by a further year. The 29-year-old has already declined new contract discussions with the preference to leave this summer.
Thomas Frank would be keen on reuniting with Wissa at Spurs, while Forest have been long-term admirers after seeing a bid rejected earlier this summer.
Brentford have endured an unsettling summer with Frank’s switch to Tottenham Hotspur followed by the player exits of captain Christian Norgaard to Arsenal and Bryan Mbeumo to Manchester United.
Eddie Howe gives Newcastle United transfer update
Newcastle have made just one signing this summer with Anthony Elanga arriving from Nottingham Forest for £55m.Providing a transfer update after Saturday’s 4-0 defeat to Celtic, Howe said: ”Yes, I wish I could give you clarity.
“I wish I could give you some kind of guarantee that all that's going to happen, but I can't. Yes, my wish was for us to do our business early, and we certainly tried, but it wasn't to be. We've had a frustrating time in terms of losing targets to other clubs, and I'd be very open with that.
“That's happened on several occasions. You just have to accept it. In order for a transfer to really work, in my opinion, the player has to be desperate to come to your club, and if we don't get that, the transfer doesn't work.
“We're seeking players that are good enough, that are desperate to come, and that can make the difference but they're on short supply for us. We're confident that we can try and get some more players in to strengthen the depth of the score. We're certainly aware that we need to, and we're trying as hard as we can to do that.”