The 103 billion Newcastle transfer's shock past and remarkable mentality almost cost him his vision in the face hydrochloric acid terror attack

Sep 12, 2025

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Congolese national striker Yoan Weissa (Newcastle United), one of the "amazing transfer students" who embroidered the transfer market last summer, suffered a tragic accident that threatened his past player's life.

British public broadcaster 'BBC' shed light on how an unknown player who was playing in the lower French league recorded more than 100 billion won in transfer fees to play in the European Champions League on the 11th (local time).

'BBC' almost turned his life into a nightmare in July 2021, a month before Wissa moved from Lorien to Brentford. Weissa was attacked with hydrochloric acid on her face at home and was able to lose her sight. It could have ended his career,' he said, referring to an incident four years ago. The perpetrator was arrested while attempting to kidnap the daughter of the woman after spraying hydrochloric acid on her and was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

This trauma continued to haunt Wissa. The day after the robbery, Christophe Felicier, who visited the hospital where Wisa was being treated, said at the time, `The Wisa was physically and mentally hit hard," he said of the player's condition.

With Tanguy Ndombele (left) in 2018. Source = Yoan Weft SNS

However, Wisa quickly shook off everyone's expectations and returned to the ground. Coach Felicier expressed surprise that even at the hospital, he could feel "the strong will and the spirit of never giving up."

Fellow Pierre-Yves Amel in the days of Lorrien "Wisa has never complained since the robbery. He hoped to succeed as a footballer, and the fruit he has made today is a fair reward for such efforts."

"When an idea comes up, we do our best to make it happen no matter how long it takes," he added.

Wissa, who played in front of a crowd of less than 3,000 people in France's second-division Chambli away game in 2019, grew steeply in Brentford and moved to Newcastle last summer for an astronomical transfer fee of 55 million pounds (about 103 billion won).

In the process, he used every means to push ahead with the transfer. At the end of last month, at the end of the transfer window, Brentford issued an official statement saying `Keep your word. It is unfairly interfering with my transfer"I urged the transfer.

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The Brentford fan expressed great disappointment at Weissy's move to leave the team somehow, but Weissy eventually won what he wanted. Brentford fan Ian Westbrook spoke out that Brian Mbommo, who left for Manchester United through the BBC, Christian Norgaard, who moved to Arsenal, and Thomas Frank, who headed to Tottenham, would be applauded when they visited G-Tech Community Stadium, but that Wissa would be different.

"The legacy of the weft is gone. Not many players have done that at Brentford."

Newcastle "all-in" to recruit Wiesa at a time when key targets such as Hugo Ekittike (Liverpool), Benjamin Seschko (Manchester United) and Joao Pedro (Chelsea) have moved to other teams in the EPL. Wissa is 29 years old, which is different from the player Eddie Howe has recruited since taking the helm of Newcastle in 2022. It means that he wanted to have an immediate sense of power.

Wissa topped the EPL in the 2024-2025 season with 19 goals in pure field goals. He is said to smell goals well in the box and make smart movements even in counterattacks.