Keith Andrews has revealed Yoane Wissa won't participate in Brentford's opening recreation towards Nottingham Forest on Sunday amid sturdy curiosity from Newcastle. The ahead from the Democratic Republic of the Congo is known to have been coaching on his personal this week as Andrews prepares to take cost of his first match since succeeding Thomas Frank.
Brentford are holding out for about £40m and Newcastle have proved unwilling to match their valuation for the 28-year-old, who scored 19 instances within the Premier League final season, having had a suggestion value as much as £30m rejected final month.
Wissa has made no secret of his need to go away after a bid from Forest was rejected by Brentford in January and Andrews mentioned he had determined to not contain him. “It has been a really disrupted pre-season – you're conscious of that curiosity in Yoane.
“I'm very clear on the state of affairs. As a head coach, I need Yoane within the constructing, to be part of the primary group and the squad. I see that transferring forwards, however I'm very understanding of his state of affairs.
“I've an excellent relationship with him, and that may persist, however we've to give attention to the gamers who're able to play and carry out and I don't suppose Yoane's in that area.”
Brentford, who're keen on signing Dango Ouattara, however should wait till Bournemouth have secured a alternative, have bought final season's prime scorer, Bryan Mbeumo, to Manchester United, the captain, Christian Nørgaard, to Arsenal and the goalkeeper Mark Flekken to Bayer Leverkusen.
Andrews wouldn't verify whether or not Jordan Henderson could be obtainable to make his debut towards Forest, however denied that so many departures may unsettle the squad.
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He mentioned: “The one one that basically disrupts an excellent preparation is the Yoane Wissa state of affairs. It's one thing that hasn't affected the gamers. Would they like him to be a part of the squad? After all they would.”
