{"id":836560,"date":"2026-03-19T16:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/836560\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:35:15","slug":"newcastle-nick-woltemade-has-full-backing-amid-germany-call-up-read-newcastle-f-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/836560\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle: Nick Woltemade has \u2018full backing\u2019 amid Germany call-up &#8211; Read Newcastle F.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>At a glance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Newcastle star Woltemade has Germany\u2019s \u2018full backing\u2019 <\/li>\n<li>Finding his feet again<\/li>\n<li>Best chance to get back to his position<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Newcastle United\u2019s Nick Woltemade has been selected by Julian Nagelsmann to be part of the German national team ahead of the international break. The four-time World Cup winners take on Switzerland and Ghana in friendlies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Questions have been asked about Woltemade and whether he would still be selected for his national team. According to German journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/2034393957086777351\">Florian Plettenberg<\/a>, the forward has the \u2018full backing\u2019 of Nagelsmann.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s full team has been announced for those upcoming friendlies. The 24-year-old is set to feature as one of Nagelsmann\u2019s forwards along with Arsenal\u2019s Kai Havertz and Stuttgart\u2019s Denis Undav.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Returning to a familiar role<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many in the Toon Army have been critical of the way Eddie Howe has utilised Woltemade, particularly in 2026. When he first arrived at St James\u2019 Park, the German was deployed in his natural position as a striker.<\/p>\n<p>However, since the beginning of the new year, Woltemade has been operating in a deep midfield position. He has struggled to influence games and is enduring a tough time.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, he has seen his minutes dwindle compared with the beginning of the season, and he failed to feature in either leg of the Champions League against Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters might be keen to tune into Germany\u2019s fixtures to see how Woltemade gets on as a striker if he beats Havertz and Undav to the No 9 position. He\u2019s earned eight caps to date for his nation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 \ud835\udc03\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2d \ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2d:<\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich&#8217;s Lennart Karl and Jonas Urbig are included in Julian Nagelsmann&#8217;s Germany squad for the games against Switzerland and Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Kai Havertz and Deniz Undav return to the offense \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffb<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Thoughts on the lineup? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eFrs6iiTXx\">pic.twitter.com\/eFrs6iiTXx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DW Sports (@dw_sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dw_sports\/status\/2034616588083626415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Newcastle\u2019s club record signing made his international debut last July against Portugal in the Nations League, in a 2-1 defeat. In his last three World Cup qualifiers, he has scored four goals, including a brace in a 2-0 win away to Luxembourg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chance to prove doubters wrong<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Black and Whites spent some serious money on the forward this summer from Stuttgart. They broke their transfer record to bring him to Tyneside for \u00a369m, a decision that Alan Shearer has <a href=\"https:\/\/readnewcastle.com\/2026\/03\/11\/newcastle-alan-shearer-gives-brutally-honest-verdict-of-recruitment-football-soccer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questioned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Geordies know what they saw at the beginning of the season, as the German looked a real handful up top. But Howe\u2019s decision to play him deeper has compromised his development and output.<\/p>\n<p>The deal to sign Woltemade was to ensure Newcastle can compete at the top and challenge for trophies with the big teams.  This was something they were able to do with their former striker Alexander Isak before his \u00a3125m exit to Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unfair to blame Woltemade for this, as he hasn\u2019t been given a fair chance recently, whether that is believed to benefit Howe\u2019s system or not. Yet, this period gives him a great chance to write his wrongs.<\/p>\n<p>Germany also have very fast, direct wingers, such as Brentford\u2019s Kevin Schade and Stuttgart\u2019s Jamie Leweling. Their frontman is playing for a Newcastle team with an attacking duo in Anthony Gordon and Anthony Elanga, who boast similar playing attributes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Woltemade isn\u2019t just about scoring goals, but also creating chances. Newcastle\u2019s attack has had periods of inconsistency, which hasn\u2019t helped the 24-year-old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If he is able to produce a strong international display in their friendlies, it might force the English manager into considering him as an option back up top once again.<\/p>\n<p>Howe will want to secure a European qualification this year to help them build in the summer window. Getting Woltemade back into the box, which would cause problems for the opposition, is something the manager needs, but it seems he will have to demonstrate it on an international stage to earn another opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At a glance Newcastle star Woltemade has Germany\u2019s \u2018full backing\u2019 Finding his feet again Best chance to get&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824,3047,67409],"class_list":{"0":"post-836560","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","11":"tag-newcastle-united","12":"tag-nick-woltemade"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116256815483090610","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836560","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=836560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}