Yoane Wissa

[Ritchie]

Everyone gets way too attached over transfer fees.

[OoOGazOoO]

Ouch! £55m, well played Brentford. I think he will do well for us but crying out loud, £55m big ones is a joke!

[HaydnNUFC]

Happy to get a striker but Lordy, that fee. Suppose we had to overpay at this point of the window.

 

Pleased with Wissa though. Despite his age I think I preferred him as an option to JSL.

[TK-421]

Just now, JP said:

Wissa + Woltemade £124m

 

Isak £130m

 

 

But that £124m is spread / amortised over the length of their contracts isn't it?

£130m is an immediate bump

[Hanshithispantz]

Be worth every penny for us. He might be a whopper but he wants to play for us which is all we should care about.

[Sima]

1 minute ago, McCormick said:

Ramsdale

Thiaw

Ramsey

Elanga

Wissa

Woltemade

 

Isn’t bad business tbf.

 

Add Gallagher to this and it's a very good window.

[Ikon]

Rather walk in the Sahara desert with expensive water than none.

[JP]

Just now, McCormick said:

Ramsdale

Thiaw

Ramsey

Elanga

Wissa

Woltemade

 

Isn’t bad business tbf.

 

Agreed.

 

Isak

Wilson

Longstaff

Kelly

Dubravka

Hayden

Targett

The Greek

Lewis

 

all off the wage bill

 

[Kid Icarus]

Just now, Vinny Green Balls said:

the positive part is that we don't have to just throw a real gem in Woltemade in the deep end and hope he doesn't sink.

Yeah, I do feel the relief on that, just difficult when you consider the prices we've bought for vs our selling prices. 

[Dokko]

Just now, Ritchie said:

Everyone gets way too attached over transfer fees.

 

Thats psr for you.

[Gallowgate Toon]

Folks going on about his age is just another PSR shitter. He's in his prime years as an attacker, we could very well get excellent returns for 3 or 4 years before he sets off for a final payday.

[stozo]

Just now, North_shields_lad said:

He will do well to hit 20 goals this season bearing in mind he will play in Africa. 
But he hit 19 last season and I think that’s without penalties so maybe he has got better with age. 
The downside is there is no potential to get the money back mehren he has a year or 2 on his contract, as he will be 33. 
Overall though if the fella from Germany can have a similar goal to game ratio he did last season, then we’ve come out the window stronger 

He'll only miss 3-5 games due to AFCON. I think he'll struggle to hit 20 in the PL given he'll probably only play 30 Prem games max (and probably won't start every game due to Woltemade) but 20 across PL, CL and Cups is definitely achievable and would represent a good return. 

[Lish007]

Urgh, dont like the behaviour of Wissa at all but the only silver linings is that his insta statement at least was more likeable and at least he had returned to training. 

 

Just sickening behaviour all round really. Does make you want to stop watching football but its like an addiction. You know its bad for you but you cant stop. 

[KennyUtd]

Happy with this. Needs must.

Plus it's an end to this tiresome saga finally.

 

[JP]

Just now, TK-421 said:

But that £124m is spread / amortised over the length of their contracts isn't it?

£130m is an immediate bump

 

Yes. I meant it in a positive way.

 

The £124m is around £20m a year towards PSR

 

[Skeletor]

Brentford owner clearly knows how to negotiate unlike PIF

[relámpago blanco]

Just now, TK-421 said:

But that £124m is spread / amortised over the length of their contracts isn't it?

£130m is an immediate bump

No we still have 30M from the original 60 we paid over the next 3 windows but I think thats written off so its 130-30 -6M(to sociedad) from a PSR perspective.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 minute ago, r0cafella said:

Who have bought this summer who you see as having upside?

Hmm, Ramsey and Woltemade I guess, can’t remember how much we paid for Thiaw. Elanga if he really plays well. 
 

Could’ve easily argued Isak had little upside when we signed him for £60m. Which is more now in real terms. 

 

 

Edited September 1, 2025 by AyeDubbleYoo

[Big Geordie]

Well, at least we have Wilson's replacement in now. Not over fussed, given how he's gone on at Brentford this summer but I guess beggars can't be choosers. 

[Erikse]

3 minutes ago, JP said:

Wissa + Woltemade £124m

 

Isak £130m

 

 

 

It's kind of fine.. Half the season we were struggling due to Isak being injured or playing with injury. At the end of games we had noone to replace him when he gassed out.

 

 

Edited September 1, 2025 by Erikse

[mouldy_uk]

He on strike yet (for us)?

 

[Harry 209]

Just now, Hanshithispantz said:

Be worth every penny for us. He might be a whopper but he wants to play for us which is all we should care about.

Exactly. Surprised so many are taking offence on moral grounds.

With one or two notable exceptions, you can only devote yourself to the club you support as a child, everything else is just business.

[54]

God I hate that every signing has to be "justified" and has to have re-sale value. This is a good signing, we've done really good business this summer, massively improved the floor of the squad, but that's apparently not good enough on its own. 

[Vinny Green Balls]

Just now, Kid Icarus said:

Yeah, I do feel the relief on that, just difficult when you consider the prices we've bought for vs our selling prices. 

I feel you, man. But I am more sanguine now that we are potentially stringer in that position than we were at the beginning of the summer now. We've got one obviously good striker, and a potential elite one. 

[KennyUtd]

Anyone mentioned big man, little man yet. 

We're so back man. To the 70's obviously but definitely back. Love it.