Newcastle confident of sealing £30 million deal for Yoane Wissa | OneFootball

Newcastle United are confident they will sign Yoane Wissa despite Brentford rejecting a £25 million bid (h/t journalist Craig Hope).

Newcastle and Tottenham Hotspur are battling to sign Wissa, but Brentford are reluctant to sell after losing Bryan Mbeumo, Christian Norgaard and Mark Flekken.

They also lost manager Thomas Frank, who joined Tottenham this summer.

Wissa left Brentford’s training camp yesterday as the transfer speculation increased. Newcastle face a fight to complete a deal before Tottenham step up their interest.

The Magpies have failed to close deals for Matheus Cunha, Joao Pedro, Liam Delap, Mohammed Kudus, Hugo Ekitike, Dean Huijsen and Mbeumo during the transfer window.

They have landed on Wissa, who is versatile enough to lead the line, play on the flanks or as a second striker.

Spurs can match the Newcastle fee, and his previous working relationship with now Tottenham manager Frank might help sway him towards a move to London.

Frank is a big fan of Wissa and hailed him as an ‘unbelievable signing’ after he clinched 30 Premier League goals for the Bees.

Next on the agenda for Newcastle must be signing at least one new central defender to bolster the ranks.

Dan Burn and Fabian Schar are entering the twilight of their careers, and they need fresh blood.

A goalkeeper is also on the transfer wishlist. Newcastle looked close to agreeing a deal for Burnley’s James Trafford before Manchester City were linked with him.

Newcastle must do everything to fend them off and snap up the England Under-21 international shot-stopper.