Yoane Wissa takes extreme action as Brentford look to block Newcastle move

Earlier on Monday morning, the general consensus was that Yoane Wissa could soon be on his way to Newcastle United: Brentford had signed Dango Outtara to make sure they weren't light in attack, and we were prepared to offer between £35-40m for Wissa's services.

So everyone was caught by surprise when the Bees decided to drastically increase their asking price for their star man to a staggering £60m, and now seemingly intent on keeping him this summer.

With how open Wissa has been with his current club over how much of a dream move we  would be for him, this news will have no doubt been as frustrating to him as it has been to us.

But the forward isn't hiding his emotions about the whole ordeal, taking to social media to express his feelings in quite dramatic fashion.

Wissa starts social media storm over controversial Brentford exit

As he continues to push for his Brentford exit, Yoane Wissa has made quite the statement on his official Instagram page.

Not only has he completely blacked out his entire profile, but he's also removed any mention and photos of his time at the GTech Community Stadium from his grid, seemingly excommunicating himself from the entire club.

In Wissa's eyes, the club have reneged on the reported gentleman's agreement between both parties that he could leave for under £30m this window, even when it was just Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo in the wake of Ivan Toney's departure to Al-Ahli.

With less than two weeks left of the window, and having already been sent to train away from the first team squad, Wissa's playing days for Brentford could be as good as over now.

Extreme action, or a massive red flag for Newcastle?

Of course, we can put ourselves in the shoes of Brentford fans and the owners, as we have our own ongoing want-away striker debacle going on with Alexander Isak.

So it's important that we don't condone or support what Wissa's doing here, as we would each rightfully be up in arms if Isak did something even remotely similar on his social media channels.

Although Eddie Howe has came out in recent weeks and said that he only wants players who are committed to playing for the club to be given the privilege of wearing the black and white stripes, I don't quite think this is what the gaffer envisioned in terms of Wissa being adamant on making the move up to the North East.

The next 24 hours in negotiations are understood to be very critical, as we can't afford to go any longer without a prolific first team striker option, and Brentford have a potential internal crisis on their hands if Wissa has indeed been told he would be allowed to leave and now isn't, as this risks upsetting the entire squad.

Fingers crossed a sensible compromise can be sorted that doesn't see us massively overpaying whilst also being able to finally sign the star.