A highly rated Premier League striker has told club bosses he wants to leave this summer.
Brentford have set a £50m asking price for Wissa, though clubs believe that figure is negotiable. If that price tag is met, it would surpass the club record-breaking £40m they received from selling Ivan Toney last summer.
Wissa joined Brentford from Lorient for £8.5m four years ago and has grown into a key figure, especially last season when he stepped up alongside Bryan Mbeumo to offset Toney’s departure.
But Brentford are now facing a mini exodus. Frank has already left for Spurs, captain Christian Norgaard joined Arsenal, and goalkeeper Mark Flekken signed with Bayer Leverkusen. They also rejected a £62.5m bid from Manchester United for Mbeumo earlier this month.
Meanwhile, Brentford have started reinvesting, bringing in Liverpool’s Caoimhin Kelleher for £12m and Feyenoord’s Antoni Milambo for £17m, among other new faces.
Spurs, under Frank, are having a busy transfer window themselves.
The club has already landed Mohammed Kudus from West Ham for £55m, triggered a £60m clause for Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White, and made moves to sign loanees Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso permanently - pushing their spending beyond £100m.
If Gibbs-White completes his switch, Forest could then become frontrunners for Wissa, with a fresh windfall that would surpass their previous record sale of £47.5m, also paid by Spurs for Brennan Johnson.
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