Brentford have introduced the signing of Dango Ouattara from Bournemouth.
The Bees confirmed the price for Ouattara was a membership report.
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Brentford boss Keith Andrews was ecstatic to have landed the tough winger from the Cherries.
“We’re actually comfortable to get Dango in,” Andrews mentioned.
“He’s somebody that we have been conscious and stunned may very well be obtainable and, as soon as we knew that signing him could be a chance, we actually targeted on making an attempt to get him in.
“We appreciated his Premier League expertise, even at his younger age, and he simply hasn’t discovered the rhythm but due to an absence of constant recreation time.
“He additionally fits the way in which we need to play – he has one thing that we have been missing within the ahead line, and he’ll complement what we have already got within the constructing.
“The followers will love him; he’s the kind of participant that they’ll get off their seat for.”
Ouattara’s arrival on the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium ought to enable Yoane Wissa to then be part of Newcastle from Brentford.
Brentford had been adamant that Wissa wouldn’t be bought after Bryan Mbeumo left to hitch Manchester United for £71million.
However talkSPORT beforehand reported that they have been prepared to melt their not-for-sale stance on Wissa in the event that they discovered a alternative, which they’ve now present in Ouattara.
Wissa is at present coaching alone and pushing for a switch to Newcastle after leaving Brentford’s pre-season camp in Portugal.
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The Magpies have seen two bids for Wissa rejected, together with one price an preliminary £30m plus £5m in potential add-ons.
The DR Congo worldwide, who has lower than one yr remaining on his contract, believes he had a gentleman’s settlement with Brentford to go away this summer time after agreeing to remain for the 2024/25 marketing campaign.
He desires to play Champions League soccer and has been prepared to attend for Newcastle, with Toon now anticipating to get a deal over the road by the tip of this week.
Brentford signing Ouattara and Newcastle bringing in Wissa might then open the door for Alexander Isak to go away St James’ Park.
The Magpies have been reluctant to promote Isak with out discovering a alternative first – and so they lately missed out on Benjamin Sesko to Man United regardless of making a club-record £69.4m bid.
Newcastle have additionally been linked with Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins, RB Leipzig’s Lois Openda and Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson.
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talkSPORT understands the Toon Military have additionally enquired in regards to the availability of Wolves striker Jorgen Strand Larsen.
However it appears that evidently Wissa is lastly going to be the person to come back in.
Sweden celebrity Isak is determined to hitch Liverpool, who had a £110m rejected earlier this month, and he’s at present banished from Newcastle coaching amid hypothesis over his future.
Nonetheless, with the switch dominoes now falling, he appears to doubtlessly be getting the transfer he desires to Anfield.
The Reds are out there for a brand new beginning striker after agreeing to promote Darwin Nunez to Al-Hilal for £46.3m.
Who’s Dango Ouattara?
Burkina Faso worldwide Ouattara scored seven targets within the Premier League final season.
That features a hat-trick in opposition to Nottingham Forest in January.
The 23-year-old emerged as a helpful striker for Bournemouth amid an damage disaster final time period.
He had beforehand been deployed at left-back or wing-back.
Ouattara joined the Cherries in a £19.5m transfer from FC Lorient in 2023 and is contracted to the Vitality Stadium till 2028.
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