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.
"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.
Bayern Munich themselves feel they had a very good summer transfer window, in part because they finalised the Luis Diaz deal from Liverpool. They now have another striker in the squad in the form of Chelsea loanee Nicolas Jackson. On top of that, they have the free transfers of a young national player like Tom Bischof and a boss in the defence in Jonathan Tah. So, you can see how Bayern are pleased with this business.
Newcastle United suffered a turbulent transfer window, but there were some winners among the chaos. It centred around Alexander Isak, who effectively went on strike to force through a move to Liverpool, a saga which rumbled on right until the end of the window. The Magpies were adamant they would not sell without a suitable replacement coming in, and when that came to fruition, they allowed Isak to leave for 125m.
Jackson joined Bayern in a deadline day loan move with an obligation to make the signing permanent for £56.2million if he hits an appearance quota. That deal came after a protracted saga in which Chelsea appeared to cancel Jackson's loan following an injury to Liam Delap, before then allowing him to move to the Allianz Arena. Hoeness, though, insisted there is no hope of Jackson meeting that appearance quota, with the Bayern board member also disputing the reported loan fee.
After we had ruled out a transfer of Nick during the current transfer period for a long time, the circumstances changed so dramatically in a short time. We didn't want to let Nick go unless something extraordinary happened. When a deal of this magnitude is reached, we have to make a decision in the interests of VfB Stuttgart, and that's what we did. That's why the decision was made so quickly. Despite being aware of Nick's sporting value - we have agreed to a sale,
