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Newcastle have completed the signing of Yoane Wissa from Brentford for a fee of £50m plus £5m in add-ons.

The 28-year-old striker has agreed a long-term deal and will wear the number nine shirt at St James' Park.

After scoring 49 goals in 149 appearances for the Bees, Wissa has not played for the club this season after accusing Brentford of "unduly standing in my way" over a move to the North East.

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Give us your verdict on a dramatic summer at Newcastle

Liverpool have signed Swedish forward Alexander Isak from Newcastle for a British record fee of £125m.

Newcastle sources claim the deal could be worth as much as £130m with add-ons.

Sweden international Isak, 25, had a medical on Monday before signing a six-year contract and leaves Newcastle having scored 62 goals in 109 outings for the club.

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Newcastle United have already broken their transfer record to sign Nick Woltemade.

But the club desperately needed another forward to help ease the burden on the new arrival, who has never played outside of Germany.

It has, therefore, been far from a coincidence that Newcastle have gone back in for a proven Premier League player like Yoane Wissa.

In truth, Newcastle never truly went away.

Rather than giving up, after having two previous bids rejected, Newcastle returned to the table in the final throes of the window.

It represents a shift in transfer policy.

Newcastle have not recruited an outfielder aged 26 or older in more than three years, but it is rather telling that an exception has been made for Wissa, who turns 29 on Wednesday.

Yet Wissa is a late bloomer rather than someone entering the twilight of his career.

For context, Wissa was playing in the French second division in 2020, but his year-on-year development has been such he went on to score more non-penalty goals (19) than any other player in the Premier League last season.

Wissa's instincts in the box as well as his fitness record and ability to plug in make him an attractive proposition for Newcastle, who only had one player hit double figures last season.

That man was, of course, Alexander Isak, who is set to complete a British record move to Liverpool.

Now it looks set to fall to Wissa to help fill the void left by the Swede.

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Ex-England player Stephen Warnock believes Newcastle will be pleased with the fee they got for outgoing striker Alexander Isak.

"Newcastle will be happy that they got a decent fee for [Isak] but they won't be happy that they've lost a player," he said on BBC Sport's Transfer Deadline Day Special.

"[Yoane] Wissa isn't better than Isak. But the potential is there. I find the Wissa transfer interesting because he's 29 and £55m is an awful lot for a 29-year-old."

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We asked for your thoughts on Alexander Isak's pending sale to Liverpool after over a summer of uncertainty.

Here are some of your comments:

Peter: Isak has been badly advised and has gone about his Newcastle departure in a way that has not only impaired his value but completely destroyed his Newcastle legacy. He will now be quickly forgotten by fans that once saw him as having the potential to be up there with the likes of Alan Shearer in the club's history.

Emily: Glad it's drawing to a close and we can move on. The whole thing has been handled terribly.

Laurance: Isak, thank you for helping to secure our first silverware in 70 years, but your behaviour towards the fans of this great club has been totally unacceptable so goodbye and good riddance. We now need to push for another striker as we can't rely on our new striker for the whole of this season, it's just too long.

Christopher: Thank you for the goals. Thank you for helping us end the cup drought. Thank you for leaving us financially stronger. Now, let's put this whole sorry saga to bed. Newcastle is a club NOT an individual.

Farhan: It reminds me of when Andy Cole left. At first, I felt frustrated that such a great player was gone, but then you realise the team will always be bigger than any individual. You carry on enjoying the football and the Toon spirit. I'm just glad it's behind us now, so the real season can begin.

Andy: Disappointed initially that he left, but now glad he has gone. Hope the money is well reinvested in the squad and can help make the team stronger.

Paul: Good riddance. He could have had a legacy at Newcastle. We will never know the full 'goings on' at the club between both parties. However, one thing is for sure and that is he will not get a warm welcome on his return to the Toon.

Marcus: Not relieved as much as disappointment, verging on anger, that he didn't go about things the right way and totally disrespected the club and the fanbase. He won't ever be welcome at St James' and he has gone from hero to less than zero instantly. As a player, we get his reasoning. As a man, idolised by shirt-wearing passionate fans, he has just managed to equate himself at the same level as Michael Owen, which we all thought once to be impossible.

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Anything can happen on transfer deadline day – not least when Newcastle United and Liverpool are involved.

Andy Carroll had just bought a new house in the North East when he rocked up at Newcastle's training ground on the final day of business in January 2011.

Carroll was boarding a helicopter bound for Merseyside just a few hours later after Liverpool had a £35m bid accepted.

Carroll, in the process, became the most expensive British footballer of all time, but that fee looks like small fry now after Liverpool agreed a £125m deal with Newcastle for Alexander Isak in the final throes of the window.

It brings to an end an almighty saga, but there won't be wild celebrations on Tyneside. Far from it.

Supporters had long made their feelings clear about Isak, who missed the club's opening three games of the season.

But Newcastle are losing one of the best strikers in the world to the champions with just hours left to bring in another centre-forward to help ease the burden on record signing Nick Woltemade.

While the situation felt untenable - could Isak really have been reintegrated? - there is a danger this sets a precedent for players who want out in the future given the Swede still had around three years left on his contract.

All eyes are now on whether Newcastle can sign another striker on Monday after seeing previous bids rejected for Wolves centre-forward Jorgen Strand Larsen and Brentford's Yoane Wissa.

These are Premier League proven players who would be able to plug in from the off.

The problem, as Newcastle have discovered, is convincing clubs to sell such goalscorers is an almighty challenge, particularly when there is so little time left to find a worthy replacement.

Could that really change in the final hours of the window? We are about to find out.

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Alexander Isak is now set to make the switch from Newcastle to Liverpool for a British record transfer fee of £125m.

So how are you feeling? Happy the saga is finally over? Or still gutted it has ended this way?

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We asked for your views on what is still needed by Newcastle United on transfer deadline day.

Here are some of your comments:

Ozzy: We need a striker and a midfielder. Striker - Yoane Wissa or Ollie Watkins. NUFC are also apparently considering Artem Dovbyk from Roma. Midfield - Davide Frattesi from Inter Milan. He would be a perfect fit for us. With only one day left in the transfer window, there's a possibility that none of these happen. Not signing another striker would be a disaster.

Lukas: Wissa and Connor Gallagher.

Jo: In the league, our form has been virtually horrible. Wissa. Please and thank you.

C.S: Get Wissa in and give Brentford Osula in exchange.

Kevin: Sign both Stand Larsen and Wissa, and let Will Osula go on loan or as part of either deal. Need another creative midfielder in this window. Keep Miley for now then let him go in a later window to comply with with future PSR requirements.

Gary: If they really want to challenge for the Premier League and do well in Europe, we need another striker and a quality midfielder. This will help us with squad rotation for the challenges ahead.

Frank: Definitely another striker and another midfield enforcer. The temporary fear brought about from the Tonali and Joelinton injury scares made us look painfully thin with defensive options in midfield.

Chris: Providing another striker joins before the window closes then it's been a good one for Newcastle. A slow start and lots of names opted to move elsewhere, but more depth and quality added. Elanga and Ramsey are exciting players, and Thiaw will hopefully add more strength and stability at the back. Ramsdale is more reliable than Pope, and Woltemade looks like he wants to play for the club. Some disappointments along the way, but a better squad at the end of it all.

Today is the second transfer deadline day of the summer following a brief closure in June because of the Club World Cup.

In a change to previous windows, clubs only have until 19:00 BST to complete deals, bringing the Premier League in line with the EFL, Italy's Serie A, France's Ligue 1 and Germany's Bundesliga. The window in Scotland and Spain remains open until 23:00 BST.

It has already been a hectic window - with a number of storylines still to be resolved - but whether it turns out to be a day of transfer action or a pretty quiet one for your club, you will be able to keep across it all on BBC Sport.

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Newcastle United want to sign Roma's £30m-rated Ukraine striker Artem Dovbyk, 28, on loan with a view to buy. (Sun), external

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We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Leeds and Newcastle.

Here are some of your comments:

Leeds fans

Colin: Happy with a point as neither team deserved to win. Defence and midfield quite solid for Leeds but we really lack potency up front, which may be a problem for future games.

Pedro: Disappointing result for us. Newcastle are at their weakest with injuries and transfers and we were at home - so we really had to win. We won't get another chance like that against a top team.

Drew: Solid performance against decent opposition. Obviously we need to be sharper in the final third. Nobody's coming to Elland Road and getting an easy ride.

Nick: Not a classic game, but I was pleased with the result. We're still a bit weak in that final third, but I thought Dominic Calvert-Lewin showed promise, despite a weak effort that Nick Pope saved with his right boot. Defence was pretty good and getting a clean sheet after letting in five at Arsenal felt like a victory in itself. Work to be done, but four points from three games is an encouraging start to the season.

Newcastle fans

Richard: The team selection added to a miserable performance from Newcastle. I think we gave Leeds too much respect. Anthony Elanga was very poor again. The more I watch my team, the more I think the Alexander Isak controversy has affected team members considerably.

Geoff: Good game, it was enjoyable. Newcastle played good football and were the better side throughout. As usual, though, we were bereft of strikers and couldn't score. I've got my doubts about William Osula as a striker and Elanga doesn't impress me. We had a better player in Almiron. Hopefully another striker incoming and a chance to regroup during the international break.

Russell: We started well but dropped off completely and it was a very lacklustre performance in the end. We were never stretched, but then neither were they. What happened to the team that played on Monday?

Dave: I thought they were very laboured. No good chances and pretty poor in front of goal, but I think that was more about how well Leeds played than how poor Newcastle were.

Match of the Day's Mark Chapman, Steph Houghton and Danny Murphy discuss Newcastle's record signing Nick Woltemade and what the striker could bring to the club.

It's transfer deadline day tomorrow, with the window closing at 19:00 BST.

How would you assess your window? And if you think work still needs to be done, give us names on who should be brought in or let go.

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Pundits Danny Murphy and Steph Houghton join host Mark Chapman to bring you the action and talking points from Saturday's Premier League fixtures.

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