Newcastle have agreed a deal price as much as £55m to signal Brentford ahead Yoane Wissa.
The switch is known to be an preliminary £50m plus £5m in add-ons, with private phrases agreed in precept.
Wissa has arrived in Newcastle and is about for a medical on Monday afternoon.
The Magpies had a number of provides rejected for Wissa this summer time and the striker even took to Instagram to disclose his frustration at a transfer not materialising as he pushed for a change to their Premier League rivals.
Newcastle are set to lose Alexander Isak after a British report switch for the striker was agreed with Liverpool.
The membership have maintained that Isak would solely be bought if an satisfactory alternative was discovered and, having signed Nick Woltemade in a club-record deal, they now have a second new ahead in Wissa.
Brentford have been keen to have interaction with Newcastle over Wissa, however needed his valuation to be met.
They’re but to signal a alternative, having tried for Max Beier, however have been unable to agree on a payment with Borussia Dortmund. Brentford are persevering with to work exhausting available in the market on Deadline Day.
Wissa’s bombshell assertion that compelled Newcastle transfer
Wissa posted on Sunday: “I have stayed silent for much of the summer, but with just hours remaining of the transfer window I feel compelled make it clear that I want to leave Brentford. I believe the club are unduly standing in my way despite a series of fair offers throughout the summer.
“I’ve at all times given 100 per cent for Brentford because the day I signed again in 2021. I’m pleased with what now we have constructed collectively and have by no means taken the chance to play for the membership with no consideration.
“Brentford fans will always have a special place in my heart. And I have always conducted myself professionally, both on and off the pitch. It has been a privilege to wear this shirt for 149 games and celebrate 49 goals.
“Earlier this summer time, I held open discussions with the membership’s senior administration, together with key administrators and the brand new head coach. I made clear my intention to discover a brand new problem.
“During these conversations, it was confirmed to me and my representatives that the club would not stand in my way if a reasonable offer was received. This was also put in writing.
“Based mostly on this understanding, I sought to discover a new membership, preserving Brentford knowledgeable with full transparency at each step.
“I received a formal offer from another Premier League club and communicated I wanted to join. I was under the impression, from all my conversations with Brentford, that there was a mutual agreement to part ways.
“But because the window involves an finish, the membership has now considerably modified its place, going in opposition to what was communicated. This has left me in a troublesome and irritating place. The promise that I might go away this summer time has not been fulfilled. It saddens me to have to jot down that, and I preserve complete respect for the membership and its followers.
“I want to make it clear that I have not acted unprofessionally, nor do I wish to leave Brentford on bad terms. I have been transparent in my position throughout. I have continued to communicate openly with the club and conduct myself in a way that reflects my values as both a footballer and a human being.
“I stay hopeful {that a} honest and affordable decision can nonetheless be discovered earlier than the switch window shuts.
“In the meantime, I must do what I feel is right for my career and family and insist that Brentford honour their promise to let me join a new club and at a fair price.
“I wish to thank all of the Brentford followers for his or her assist and understanding throughout this troublesome state of affairs. Your vitality and perception in me has at all times meant an incredible deal. This has by no means been about strolling away from what’s a implausible soccer membership. It is about being allowed to maneuver ahead with Brentford’s blessing primarily based on repeated guarantees that I might go away for a brand new chapter this summer time.
“Being made to stay beyond this summer will only tarnish four wonderful years at this incredible club and so I ask Brentford’s owners and directors to now honour their promise to let me leave in the final hours of the window.”
Brentford didn’t touch upon Wissa’s assertion.
Sky Sports activities Information has additionally not seen proof of the written assurances Wissa speaks of in his assertion.
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