Earlier on Monday morning, the general consensus was that Yoane Wissa could soon be on his way to Newcastle United: Brentford had signed Dango Outtara to make sure they weren’t light in attack, and we were prepared to offer between £35-40m for Wissa’s services.
So everyone was caught by surprise when the Bees decided to drastically increase their asking price for their star man to a staggering £60m, and now seemingly intent on keeping him this summer.
With how open Wissa has been with his current club over how much of a dream move we would be for him, this news will have no doubt been as frustrating to him as it has been to us.
But the forward isn’t hiding his emotions about the whole ordeal, taking to social media to express his feelings in quite dramatic fashion.
Wissa starts social media storm over controversial Brentford exit
As he continues to push for his Brentford exit, Yoane Wissa has made quite the statement on his official Instagram page.
Not only has he completely blacked out his entire profile, but he’s also removed any mention and photos of his time at the GTech Community Stadium from his grid, seemingly excommunicating himself from the entire club.
In Wissa’s eyes, the club have reneged on the reported gentleman’s agreement between both parties that he could leave for under £30m this window, even when it was just Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo in the wake of Ivan Toney’s departure to Al-Ahli.
With less than two weeks left of the window, and having already been sent to train away from the first team squad, Wissa’s playing days for Brentford could be as good as over now.
Extreme action, or a massive red flag for Newcastle?
Of course, we can put ourselves in the shoes of Brentford fans and the owners, as we have our own ongoing want-away striker debacle going on with Alexander Isak.
So it’s important that we don’t condone or support what Wissa’s doing here, as we would each rightfully be up in arms if Isak did something even remotely similar on his social media channels.
Although Eddie Howe has came out in recent weeks and said that he only wants players who are committed to playing for the club to be given the privilege of wearing the black and white stripes, I don’t quite think this is what the gaffer envisioned in terms of Wissa being adamant on making the move up to the North East.
The next 24 hours in negotiations are understood to be very critical, as we can’t afford to go any longer without a prolific first team striker option, and Brentford have a potential internal crisis on their hands if Wissa has indeed been told he would be allowed to leave and now isn’t, as this risks upsetting the entire squad.
Fingers crossed a sensible compromise can be sorted that doesn’t see us massively overpaying whilst also being able to finally sign the star.
I wouldn’t bother if this is his attitude no different to Isak albeit different circumstances around his potential move.
We did it the correct way by going to Brentford with a bid and he’s behaved in a way that would make you think twice about wanting him in your club.
Absolutely glorious(Quote)
Move on, I wasn’t impressed with his refusal to play early on in the process, and this just proves he is as selfish as Isak. What disappoints me is that it was clear we needed a striker even without the Isak situation, and the board have just been content to sit and wait on Wissa and not have other options to pursue in the meantime, especially when it was clear his attitude stinks as bad as Isaks does. How we weren’t even looking at Kalimuendo at £25m is beyond me.
Toonarmyno1(Quote)
At the risk of being called a hypocrite, it’s entirely different to Isak.
Firstly Wissa has always maintained his desire to leave this summer – Isak only made his noises when Liverpool showed half an interest.
Wissa was told he COULD leave this summer, then the manager changed and they cashed in on Mbeumo – then he couldn’t.
Liverpool was told Isak wasn’t for sale when Liverpool asked and then he’s acted the way he has – prior to that he was happy to pose in the new strips. If he wanted out, why do that?!.
Wissa was then told he could leave once they bought his replacement and allowed us to agree personal terms with him for his fee to be negotiated between £30-35m.
He has waited and they have got the replacement and now want a fee of £60m according to reports.
We said from the start that Isak fee was £150m and Liverpool came with £110m and we obviously said no – Liverpool have not come back.
The circumstances are vastly different.
Sharpy17(Quote)
like i said the circumstances are different it’s the behaviour that isn’t.
Absolutely glorious(Quote)
Exactly.
Toonarmyno1(Quote)
When was wissa told he COULD leave .. Brentford statements not media/ social media quotes please.
GR(Quote)
We asked at the beginning of the move how much Brentford wanted to sign him when we made a bids and Brentford said he wasn’t for sale. There’s been nothing official from Newcastle Utd to say they have made another bid.
He should carry on and play for his club despite his disappointment. What more can you say. No need to say anything more to Brentford. 35 million for a 29 year old striker with a year remaining on his contract is a fair offer.
The offer is there come back to us if you change your mind. His value will be 0 next season. That’s a hell of a loss. Anyone would be as annoyed as he is if they had promised he could leave but have gone back on their word. They have also granted the other high profile players wish to leave which is different to the treatment Wissa seems to be encountering. But Brentford have a club to run and probably feel Wissa’s loss would be greater.
Hence the price quoted which seems to be prohibitive.
Either pay the figure quoted or move on.
The littlebirdy(Quote)
No way on this earth will they get £60m or anywhere remotely near. And they know this full well (unless they think NUFC are not only desperate – which we certainly are – and also foolish, which has yet to be seen but is 99+% certain we ain’t).
They assume the next 7 days time is on their side. When we don’t bite, they’ll change their tune big time.
davewallace(Quote)