{"id":106822,"date":"2025-08-30T13:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T13:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/106822\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T13:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T13:45:07","slug":"newcastle-sign-germany-striker-nick-woltemade-from-stuttgart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/106822\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle sign Germany striker Nick Woltemade from Stuttgart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle United<\/a> have signed Germany<\/a> striker Nick Woltemade<\/a> from VfB Stuttgart<\/a> in a club-record deal that sources have told ESPN is worth \u00a364.9 million ($87.5m).<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old was at the club’s training ground on Friday to finalise a move to the Premier League<\/a> club and was subsequently confirmed<\/a> as a Newcastle player on Saturday.<\/p>\n

“I’m really happy to be at this amazing club,” Woltemade said in a statement. “From the first contact, I felt like the club really wanted me and had big plans for me.<\/p>\n

“It’s a big step in my life to leave Germany but everybody has welcomed me so well and it already feels like family. I have a really good feeling from speaking to the head coach that this is the right place for me to find my best level.<\/p>\n

“I know the stadium from watching games on television — it looks amazing and I know the atmosphere is crazy. I’m really excited to play and start scoring goals here.”<\/p>\n

He had initially been a target for Bayern Munich<\/a> but Newcastle jumped ahead of the Bundesliga<\/a> champions after having a bid accepted by Stuttgart.<\/p>\n

Nick Woltemade is Newcastle’s fifth signing of the summer.\u00a0Harry Langer\/DeFodi Images\/DeFodi via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Woltemade began his career with Werder Bremen<\/a>, spending 10 years in their youth set up, before joining the senior team in 2020.<\/p>\n

There, he scored two goals in 51 appearances in all competitions.<\/p>\n

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The 6-foot-6 striker made the switch from Werder Bremen to Stuttgart at the start of the 2024-25 season and was a vital cog in the side that won the DFB Pokal, scoring 17 goals in 33 games.<\/p>\n

He has made two appearances for Germany and starred during the recent U21 Euros, scoring a hat-trick against Slovenia<\/a> in the group stages.<\/p>\n

Woltemade scored 12 goals in 27 Bundesliga matches last season.\u00a0Maryam Majd\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

A major stumbling block for Liverpool<\/a> signing Alexander Isak<\/a> from Newcastle has been their lack of success in signing a replacement, with Woltemade’s transfer potentially creating a transfer domino effect.<\/p>\n

Sources have told ESPN though that Liverpool have yet to return with a bid higher than their initial \u00a3110m offer.<\/p>\n

Newcastle have struggled to sign a recognised centre-forward throughout the summer and with Isak training alone, Eddie Howe resorted to playing Anthony Gordon<\/a> as a makeshift No. 9 for their opening two Premier League matches against Aston Villa<\/a> and Liverpool.<\/p>\n

They made efforts to sign Liam Delap<\/a>, Jo\u00e3o Pedro<\/a>, Benjamin Sesko<\/a> and Hugo Ekitike<\/a>, but all four chose to join Premier League rivals.<\/p>\n

“We’re delighted to get Nick’s signing over the line so quickly,” Howe said. “He fits the profile for exactly what we have been looking to add to our attacking options.<\/p>\n

“He’s strong in a lot of areas — he has great technical ability and has proven himself to be a real threat in one of Europe’s top leagues — but he’s also still at an age where he has plenty of room to develop and grow here.”<\/p>\n

Woltemade becomes Newcastle’s fifth acquisition of the summer, after Anthony Elanga<\/a>, Jacob Ramsey<\/a>, Malick Thiaw<\/a> and Aaron Ramsdale<\/a> made the move to St. James’ Park.<\/p>\n

Information from ESPN’s Mark Ogden contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle United have signed Germany striker Nick Woltemade from VfB Stuttgart in a club-record deal that sources have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-106822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}