Newcastle fans have been trying to get their hopes up about Yoanne Wissa, only for one of their former managers to crush them.

The Magpies are heavily linked with the 19-goal season Brentford striker, and the player is just as keen to get a deal done.

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However, the deal comes amid the backdrop of a potential departure for Newcastle’s main man Alexander Isak, who has refused to join their pre-season tour amid interest from Liverpool.

Yet whether he stays or goes is irrelevant to former manager Alan Pardew, who thinks Wissa isn’t the right player in either scenario.

“I can’t see that one, I don’t see where he fits in,” the talkSPORT host said. “I don’t think he’s a replacement for Isak. 

“Then he’s the back-up, would Wissa want to be a back-up? I wouldn’t have thought so.”

Pardew added: “I think they’re probably trying to give their fan base some good news. 

“If you’re a Newcastle fan it hasn’t been a great summer looking at the transfer market.

“They have the cup in the bag, it should all be positive this season, but I don’t see Wissa as a positive, I just can’t see him starting and if I was him I wouldn’t make that move.”

The latest on Yoanne Wissa’s future

talkSPORT correspondent Ben Jacobs has given the latest on Wissa’s situation, explaining Newcastle are the only team that have made a solid move, but there is interest from Tottenham Hotspur too.

However, things could get nasty as Jacobs claims there was a promise that the player could leave this summer for €30million (£26m), but that’s now complicated with strike partner Bryan Mbeumo already joining Manchester United.

He said: “I think Wissa only wants Newcastle, Tottenham haven’t made a move. If they do they’ve got the Thomas Frank factor and Brentford would encourage a bidding war. 

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“Let’s not forget Nottingham Forest had a bid of £20million rejected [in January]. 

“Newcastle are the ones really pushing and Wissa wants to play Champions League football, he thinks it’s the last chance at his age.

“He also believes that when Ivan Toney left in the summer and then in December when Igor Thiago picked up a knee injury, there was a situation in both of those months when Brentford said ‘if you stay the full season you can leave for £26m’. 

“Wissa now feels that Brentford have reneged on that promise and that’s why it’s relatively tense at the moment between the player and club.”

Yet despite all the signs pointing towards St James’ Park, whether Isak stays or not, Pardew isn’t alone in thinking the deal doesn’t add up.

Former Magpie and current Northampton Town manager Kevin Nolan was in agreement with his old boss.

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“I’m not sure he’d get the goals and become the number nine,” he told talkSPORT. 

“It’s no disrespect to Brentford but it is different playing at Newcastle and being the number nine than it is at Brentford.

“There’s an expectation there. I don’t really want to have a go at Brentford and have their fans going at me but it is a big difference.”