Yoane Wissa walks out of Brentford training camp after head turned by Tottenham & Newcastle transfer interest

BBC Sport claims the 28-year-old has returned to London from Portugal and will hold talks with Brentford director of football Phil Giles about his future. Tottenham and Nottingham Forest are said to be keeping tabs on the DR Congo international, and journalist Ben Jacobs states that Newcastle are set to make a formal bid in excess of £30 million ($40.5m) for Wissa.

These are, arguably, worrying times for Brentford. They have lost manager Thomas Frank to Tottenham, star winger Bryan Mbeumo has joined Manchester United, club captain Christian Norgaard has left for Arsenal and now they could lose potent forward Wissa, too. The Bees have been an established Premier League side for years now but their place in the division could be under threat if all these key individuals leave.

Wissa, who scored 19 goals in 35 Premier League games last season, joined Brentford from Lorient in August 2021. In 149 outings since then, he has bagged 49 goals in all competitions. Incidentally, if Wissa does go, the west London team are reportedly targeting Celtic forward Daizen Maeda.

Jacobs adds that while Brentford want to keep Wissa, and are prepared to offer him a new deal as his current terms expire next summer, his suitors feel a deal can be reached for under his reported £50m ($67.5m) price tag.