Yoane Wissa injury will ‘leave big hole’ in Brentford team, admits Thomas Frank

Yoane Wissa is set to miss ‘a couple of months’ after picking up an ankle injury in Brentford’s defeat at Manchester City on Saturday.

The forward scored the opening goal of the game for the Bees before Erling Haaland netted twice to give the Premier League champions a 2-1 win.

However, he went down under a really poor challenge from Mateo Kovacic shortly before the half-time break, for which the Croatian was shown a yellow card.

Wissa was taken off at half-time and will not be seen for a while, as confirmed by Brentford boss Thomas Frank.

‘Wissa is, unfortunately, not good news: it looks like an injury that will be a couple of months,’ Frank told the club’s official website.

‘It’s very frustrating. We talked about our many injuries last year, I hope I don’t have to talk too much about it this year, I maybe already have.

‘We were unlucky with Igor [Thiago], unlucky with [Aaron] Hickey; we’ve then had two contact injuries with Mathias Jensen and Yoane Wissa, so that’s very frustrating. But that’s part of football, we move on, and we will find solutions.’

‘It will leave a big hole. Everybody was saying we bought Igor Thiago to replace Ivan [Toney] – but we still had Wissa; we bought Igor Thiago to build the squad and provide competition in the squad.’

Thiago arrived from Club Brugge over the summer as Brentford’s major signing but has been sidelined until late 2024 due to a serious knee injury.

Toney has since moved to the Saudi Pro League and now Wissa’s injury leaves the Bees short up front and is especially disappointing given the DR Congo international had been in good form, scoring three goals in just four games.

‘Wissa had a very good season last year and I thought he has started the season very well this year, with three goals in four games, that’s a very good number,’ said Frank.

‘He’s just been very important for us and that’s going to leave a hole. But, again, I will find a solution.’

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