According to the Telegraph, talks between Wolves and the Bees are ongoing about a potential transfer. Wissa is on a shortlist that Wolves are drawing up as they prepare for the final two weeks of the summer transfer window. A transfer fee hasn’t been mentioned by Mike McGrath, the journalist that broke the news, but Wolves do have the financial firepower after the £54m sale of Pedro Neto to Chelsea.
Wissa is a versatile attacker that is capable of playing anywhere across the front line. The 27-year-old was entrusted to lead the line last for Thomas Frank’s men season and got 12 goals in 34 Premier League games for the West London outfit.
leeway when He is under contract at the Gtech Community Stadium until the summer of 2026, and so Brentford at least have some it comes to their negotiating position. Only England international Ivan Toney has scored more Premier League goals for Brentford than Wissa, since he joined from French side Lorient in the summer of 2021.
As for Wolves, Gary O’Neil was already able to land a striker this summer following the arrival of Jorgen Strand Larsen from Celta Vigo. Wolves have Matheus Cunha and Hwang hee-Chan who can also play in a central attacking role. Neto suffered with injuries last season, but Wolves will still need to replace his nine assists and two goals from last season.
Wissa, a 27-cap DR Congo international, has made 110 appearances to date for Brentford, and has a record of 29 goals and eight assists. If Wolves did make an approach for Wissa, then he would have stiff competition for a starting spot, thankfully there are no Africa Cup of Nations this season, and so he wouldn’t miss any games because of international duty.
Toney has been one of Brentford’s best performers since joining the club from Peterborough United in 2020, and these performances have led to the striker becoming a target for the Premier League’s richer clubs. Arsenal and Chelsea FC have been consistently linked to the forward, while Manchester United have also been rumoured to be interested.
Ivan Toney enters the final year of his contract
With only one year left on his contract, Brentford would be willing to sell Toney this summer and according to the English media have dropped their price tag from £60 million to £30 million.
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