#nick-woltemade

#nick-woltemade

Borussia Dortmund will reportedly compete with Bayern Munich in the race to sign 24-year-old German international Nick Woltemade from Newcastle United this summer. According to a report by TEAMtalk, Nick Woltemade is the subject of interest of Bayern Munich. The Bundesliga champions are keen on reinforcing their offensive unit by signing a striker in the summer transfer window. So, the 24-year-old Newcastle United centre-forward has emerged as a target for the Bavarian outfit.

A bad afternoon for Newcastle's German striker got significantly worse shortly after half-time when he cut an even more isolated, peripheral and forlorn figure in his own team's box after inadvertently heading a Nordi Mukiele cross past Aaron Ramsdale from six yards out. Woltemade's embarrassing own goal proved to be the unwitting match-winner in a contest that had until that point been high on full-blooded aggression but low on moments of real quality.

There was constant back and forth between the two clubs in the negotiations and it became increasingly difficult to make any sort of progression as Stuttgart were not exactly fond of the idea of offloading their key striker to a Bundesliga rival. They had already lost Serhou Guirassy to Borussia Dortmund and didn't want to have the same thing happening again, even though Woltemade had made it clear he was heavily interested in making the step up to Bayern.

I think they do play a very similar style of football," Gordon told a press conference ahead of England's friendly with Wales. "In terms of they want to almost be like the quarterback, they want to come in and create, they don't just want to finish the chances like a typical striker would do.

The football world knew they were trying to replace Liverpool-bound Alexander Isak and were set to have a massive influx of funds - 125m as it turned out. It was natural that clubs would ask the Magpies for a premium. 55m for Brentford's Yoane Wissa? No problem. 69m for Germany international Nick Woltemade? OK. Woltemade, 23, has started the season well, scoring twice in three Premier League appearances and once in the Champions League, and looks an excellent signing.

He scored 17 goals in 33 games for the Swabian side and then impressed for Germany Under-21s at the European Championship, finishing as the tournament's leading goalscorer with six goals. Woltemade scores against Arsenal The 6ft 6in striker has netted twice in the Premier League so far, including in yesterday's 2-1 defeat to Arsenal at St James' Park, as he adapts to life in England.

"After the goal there was a situation I felt his elbow in my face in two metres, so his arm has to be really high," Woltemade told Sky Sports. "I don't know I just said it to the referee that I felt something in the face and I think it's not right to feel something in the face. "But I'm not the type of player to fall down for this."

Isidor is someone I really admire. When he was playing in the Championship, I was thinking, This boy's got all the credentials to play in the Premier League'. I'm glad to see him in the Premier League now. I'm glad to see him scoring for Sunderland. Three goals? At the moment, you'd have to say him, wouldn't you? Woltemade has done nothing at the moment. He's scored one goal in his first season. He needs to play more.