Newcastle seconds away from major blunder on Monday - Keith Downie

At 7pm on Monday, Newcastle United fans everywhere collectively breathed a sigh of relief as the summer transfer window shut in England.

Having brought in the likes of Anthony Elanga, Aaron Ramsdale, Malick Thiaw and Jacob Ramsey, the final week saw us complete two much-needed deals in attack: German striker Nick Woltemade and Brentford forward Yoane Wissa.

The Wissa deal finally got over the line after weeks of talks and two failed bids, with Newcastle agreeing to pay a whopping £50m plus add-ons.

However, it's emerged that there was even a moment on deadline day where things very nearly went horrible wrong, as a new report reveals...

Wissa rush revealed

According to Sky Sports’ Keith Downie, Newcastle almost missed out on signing Yoane Wissa on deadline day, only completing the deal with 30 seconds to spare at 8:59pm.

Clubs are allowed to continue finalising deals past the window's deadline (7pm) as long as they have submitted a deal sheet, but only have a two hour window to do so.

However, despite Wissa arriving early to the Nortb East on deadline day after a breakthrough between us and Brentford in negotiations, one piece of paperwork was accidentally left unsigned.

Downie claims that “it was left to one of the representatives to sprint through Newcastle’s training ground to find the striker and get him to hurriedly sign the document with a couple of minutes of the deal sheet extension period left.”

Thankfully, we didn’t get a repeat of the famous Real Madrid/David De Gea fax machine incident, and all our paperwork looks to have been in all order to confirm Wissa’s arrival at St James’ Park.

What next for our new No. 9?

Having seen his signing saved by 30 seconds, Wissa will have Champions League football to look forward to next season, with the offer of playing in Europe's elite competition a huge draw.

But before then, he’s jetted off for international duty with DR Congo, where they will play against South Sudan and Senegal as part of their World Cup qualifying campaign.

This completes a mad week for the striker, who drove up to Newcastle in the early hours of Monday to ensure he was on Tyneside and ready to begin his medical ASAP on deadline day.

After Wissa has played for his country, he’ll finally look to get some Premier League minutes in the tank this season, with him and fellow new boy Nick Woltemade in contention to face Wolves a week on Saturday.