Well, after nearly a month of nothing but low-level Tottenham Hotspur transfer rumor slop, it feels as though the Bat Country heavens have opened up. Fresh on the heels of the Mathys Tel rumor comes another one from Santi Aouna that says Spurs have “opened talks” with Brentford over a move for striker Yoane Wissa.
Aouna’s one of the more reliable transfer mongers out there, so that makes this particularly interesting. Wissa is having a nice season with the Bees with 11 goals and 2 assists in just over 1500 minutes of action this season. The Congolese striker is 28 now — not exactly a spring chicken — but he’s pretty good, with 0.67 npxG+xA/90, the highest of his career. He has 18 months left on his Brentford contract, so his value is very unlikely to get any higher and probably will drop further this summer. That might entice Brentford, who don’t have a ton to play for yet this season, to sell.
Wissa’s a warm body up top, but a pretty decent warm body at that. He’d be a capable replacement for Richarlison in the unlikely event Spurs move him to the Saudi Pro League this week, or just good rotation until Dom Solanke comes back.
It’s a rumor, and we know about how rumors tend to go. I’m not going to tell you that this is going to happen. But it does strike me as a plausible target Spurs could be looking at up top this month, along with Tel.