Yoane Wissa has left Brentford training to have crunch talks with the west London outfit over his future.
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Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United transfer target Yoane Wissa has quit the Brentford pre-season training camp in Portugal amid transfer talk that he may leave the west London outfit.
The BBC reports that the 28-year-old has returned to London from the Brentford camp and will hold talks with Bees director of football Phil Giles over a summer exit. Nottingham Forest are also said to be monitoring a move for the striker.
The DR Congo international is said to be of ‘firm interest’ to Forest, Spurs and the Magpies. All of those clubs can offer the player European football next season and that is thought to be hugely attractive to the bagsman.
Yoane Wissa leaves Brentford training camp
The BBC adds that efforts from Spurs and Newcastle United to sign the player have ‘intensified’ over the past 48 hours. A move to one of those Champions League sides is believed to be preferred by Wissa.
The former Lorient man signed for Brentford in 2021 for a reported £8.5 million, arriving on a four year contract. Wissa put pen to paper on an extension in March 2023 but that deal is set to expire in 12 months, which could force Brentford to sanction an exit now, rather than seeing the player walk away a free agent next year.
The BBC adds that Wissa is ‘unsettled’ by the transfer speculation over his future but is not necessarily against staying at the Gtech Community Stadium. Brentford have just seen fellow bagsman Bryan Mbeumo leave for Manchester United on a £65 million transfer and could push to keep Wissa at the club.
Thomas Frank big fan of Wissa
The striker scored 19 goals in 35 Premier League appearances last season and has now hit double figures in back-to-back seasons with 12 goals scored during the 2023/24 campaign. Tottenham Hotspur are believed to be in the market for attacking reinforcements.
Morgan Gibbs-White is a clear target but that deal continues to look complicated amid growing European interest in the Nottingham Forest man. Wissa can play out wide as well as through the middle and his versatility could be an asset should Son Heung-min leave Spurs this summer.
Wissa is a player that new manager Frank knows well thanks to their time at Brentford. Speaking about the striker, alongside Mbeumo, last season, Frank said: "That's an incredible achievement from the two of them. All praise due the two of them for the hard work, how much they push, and then of course to my staff, and then I think a little bit to the way we play."
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