The 28-year-old had been pushing for the move to St James’ Park all summer, in an ironically similar transfer sage to that of Alexander Isak.
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Wissa went on strike at Brentford, going as far as releasing a public statement begging the West London club to allow him to leave.
In the end, he nearly messed it all up, failing to sign a critical form that could have seen the deal fall through completely.
A club representative then had to sprint across Newcastle’s training ground to find Wissa, who signed it with seconds left on the deal sheet extension.