Newcastle have agreed a \u00a370m deal for Stuttgart\u2019s striker Nick Woltemade, who is due to have a medical on Tyneside on Friday morning. The 23-year-old\u2019s transfer could open the door for Alexander Isak to secure his long-coveted move to Liverpool.<\/p>\n
Woltemade has two Germany caps and loomed large on Bayern Munich\u2019s shopping list this summer after scoring 17 goals in 33 appearances for Stuttgart last season. The fee includes \u00a35m of add-ons.<\/p>\n
His arrival would end Eddie Howe\u2019s long search for a striker. After being rejected by, among others, Liam Delap, Hugo Ekitik\u00e9, Jo\u00e3o Pedro and Benjamin Sesko during a close season blemished by Isak\u2019s decision to go on strike as the forward attempts to force a move to Anfield<\/a>, this breakthrough will come as a huge relief to Newcastle\u2019s manager.<\/p>\n It should also almost certainly preface a fresh bid from Liverpool for Isak. Newcastle have rebuffed one \u00a3110m offer<\/a> from the Premier League champions but, given the Swede\u2019s refusal to return to training or playing, it is thought a sum nearer \u00a3130m may be sufficient.<\/p>\n With Callum Wilson having joined West Ham and deep uncertainty surrounding Isak, Howe remains in the market for two strikers. This week Newcastle had a second, \u00a355m bid rejected for Wolves\u2019 J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen and it appears unlikely the Norway international will be allowed to leave.<\/p>\n Negotiations for Brentford\u2019s DR Congo striker Yoane Wissa remain ongoing but have proved complicated with Newcastle having at least two bids turned down for a player who appears to be intent on a transfer to St James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n Although an element of doubt surrounds the precise figure Newcastle are paying for Woltemade, it will be a club record fee, eclipsing the \u00a363m invested in recruiting Isak from Real Sociedad three years ago.<\/p>\n Howe will be particularly delighted with another figure. Having wanted to add real height to his already physically powerful team, he has now acquired a deceptively skilful 6ft 6in centre-forward dubbed a \u201cTwo metre Messi-Musiala\u201d by Stuttgart fans.<\/p>\n skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n Sign up to Football Daily<\/p>\n Kick off your evenings with the Guardian’s take on the world of football<\/p>\n Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy<\/a> and Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p>\n after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n One of Woltemade\u2019s jobs at St James\u2019 Park will be to convert crosses supplied by Anthony Elanga, a \u00a355m arrival from Nottingham Forest this summer. With the central defender Malick Thiaw, the midfielder Jacob Ramsey and the goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale having also joined Newcastle from Milan, Aston Villa and Southampton respectively during the current window, Howe\u2019s squad has, albeit quietly, acquired the sort of much-needed strength in depth that may yet compensate for Isak\u2019s prospective exit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle have agreed a \u00a370m deal for Stuttgart\u2019s striker Nick Woltemade, who is due to have a medical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824],"class_list":{"0":"post-381008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115108565736288083","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}