Newcastle are reportedly closing in on a deal to land Brentford ahead Yoane Wissa.
The Magpies are specializing in a deal for the 28-year-old ahead after Manchester United beat them to the signing of Benjamin Sesko.
Eddie Howe’s males are additionally understood to carry curiosity within the likes of Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea) and Lois Openda (RB Leipzig).
Newcastle able to signal Brentford’s Yoane Wissa
(Picture by David Rogers/Getty Photos)
Sky Sports activities reporter Keith Downie jumped on to X (previously Twitter) on Friday afternoon to substantiate that Newcastle are ‘able to finalise a deal’ for Wissa.
The report in query confirms the northeast-based outfit will be capable of land the DR Congo nationwide for round £35m.
Importantly, the participant himself is eager on the transfer to St James’ Park this summer season, which might lastly see Newcastle land some attacking reinforcements.
🚨 Newcastle are able to finalise a take care of Brentford for ahead Yoane Wissa — and are hoping a deal could be struck shortly.
💰 Perceive the price below dialogue is across the £35m mark.
✈️ Wissa’s representatives are travelling to the UK right now within the hope of beating out… pic.twitter.com/U2IuJ1py5D
– Keith Downie (@skysports_keith) August 8, 2025
Why Wissa switch is sweet information for Liverpool & Alexander Isak
It nonetheless stays to be seen whether or not the signing of Wissa alone might be sufficient to immediate Newcastle to launch Liverpool-linked Alexander Isak.
The Brentford star isn’t fairly as heavy-hitting a signing as a Sesko might need been.
Nevertheless, if we ignore the title and look into the stats, there’s an important deal there to point that Eddie Howe is getting an excellent offensive addition to his squad.
Firstly, while Yoane Wissa is primarily a centre-forward, he’s able to deputising on both flank if want be.
In 2024/25, the Bees striker was the sixth-highest scoring participant within the Premier League.
Gamers Premier League Targets Mo Salah 29 (9 Penalties) Alexander Isak 23 (4 Penalties) Erling Haaland 22 (3 Penalties) Chris Wooden 20 (3 Penalties) Bryan Mbeumo 20 (5 Penalties) Yoane Wissa 19 (0 Penalties)
* Premier League gamers ranked by objectives scored within the 2024/25 season, through Fotmob
Intriguingly, if we take penalty objectives out of the equation, he registered one fewer top-flight purpose than Mo Salah and was on level-pegging with Erling Haaland and Isak.
How does Wissa examine to Sesko?
Clearly, it ought to be borne in thoughts that Benjamin Sesko (22) is significantly youthful and rawer than his Brentford counterpart.
That mentioned, with solely 13 Bundesliga objectives within the German top-flight final time period (two of which got here from spot-kicks), we’re inclined to argue that, at this cut-off date, Wissa is the superior choice.
This is probably not the case in a 12 months or two’s time, however the stats recommend that is actually sensible enterprise for Eddie Howe’s males.
If it expedites Alexander Isak’s potential Liverpool switch, too – everybody seems to be set to be a winner!
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