Newcastle United have saw a bid rejected by Brentford for Yoane Wissa.
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Newcastle United transfer target Yoane Wissa has left Brentford’s pre-season training camp in Portugal amid growing uncertainty surrounding his future.
Brentford have endured an unsettling summer with Thomas Frank’s switch to Tottenham Hotspur followed by the player exits of captain Christian Norgaard to Arsenal and Bryan Mbeumo to Manchester United.
As a result, the Bees are reluctant to sanction any other key departures, however now find themselves in a difficult situation with Wissa.
Newcastle United interested in 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.
Wissa, who scored 19 Premier League goals last season, is a deal Newcastle are currently working on, with The Athletic reporting that an opening offer of £25million has been rejected by Brentford.
Yoane Wissa leaves Brentford camp - keen on Newcastle United & Tottenham Hotspur move
As first reported by BBC Sport, Wissa has left Brentford’s training camp in Portugal due to the uncertainty over his future and is now set for talks with Brentford director of football Phil Giles over his future.
Wissa has already declined new contract discussions with the preference to leave this summer. As well as Newcastle, Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest have also shown interest.
And to that end, the BBC also reports that agreeing personal terms with Newcastle and Spurs won’t be an issue.
Wissa has just 12 months left on his current contract, though there is an option to activate by a further year. It’s been suggested the Bees could sell at £30m.
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.”