
"He may have been an unmissable 6ft 6in (1.98m), but he was not a household name just yet. However, team-mate Luca Durholtz knew what Newcastle United's future record signing could do. "One of Rot Weiss-Essen's staff members said to me 'that tall camel isn't a player, is he?'" "I said, 'just wait and see how he plays, my friend'." "We won and Nick scored.""
"Woltemade has become used to proving people wrong. It was just last month that Bayern Munich supervisory board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge claimed Newcastle were "idiots" for paying 69m to sign him from Stuttgart. But Woltemade is understood to have merely shrugged off the remark. Rather than commenting directly, he has instead let his performances do the talking. And the German, who was subject of multiple failed bids from Bayern last summer, has made a strong start to his career on Tyneside,"
Nick Woltemade is a 23-year-old 6ft 6in forward who joined Newcastle for a club-record fee after multiple bids from Bayern Munich. He made his way through a loan at Elversberg and scored in lower-tier matches before breaking into top-level football. The forward scores frequently with his head but also demonstrates strong technical control, ability to hold off markers and link play. He has received 108 passes for Newcastle and posts an 82.6% pass completion rate, reflecting teammates' trust. Woltemade scored four goals in his first five starts for Newcastle and opened his Germany account from a corner.
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