Nottingham Forest have submitted a £22million bid to sign Yoane Wissa from Brentford.
Forest’s proposal is significantly below Brentford’s valuation of the forward, whose current contract runs through to 2026.
Forest, who are also considering alternative options, retain their interest in signing the 28-year-old.
Signed from French side FC Lorient in August 2021, Wissa has scored 41 goals in 133 appearances for the west London club, adding nine assists.
The DR Congo forward, who can play on either flank or through the middle as a No 9, has scored 11 times in 19 Premier League games so far this term. Only Erling Haaland, Cole Palmer, Mohamed Salah, Alexander Isak, Chris Wood and Brentford team-mate Bryan Mbeumo have more top-flight goals in 2024-25.
The French-born attacker began his career with LB Chatearoux before spells at Angers, Stade Lavallois and Ajaccio. He spent four seasons with Lorient, scoring 37 times in 128 games, before completing his move to Brentford before the club’s first season in the Premier League after winning promotion via the play-offs.
Forest are looking to bolster their options in attack for the second half of what has been an outstanding campaign to date.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side are third in the table, six points behind leaders Liverpool, having won seven of their last eight Premier League outings.
They return to action away at Bournemouth on Saturday.
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