Newcastle Close On £78m Deal To Sign Stuttgart And Germany Striker Nick Woltemade

Newcastle are adjacent to finalising a £78m woody for Stuttgart’s Germany striker Nick Woltemade.

With negotiations good precocious nan 23-year-old is believed to beryllium fresh to alert to Tyneside astatine short announcement for a aesculapian for a transportation that could very good unfastened nan doorway to Alexander Isak securing his long-coveted move to Liverpool.

Woltemade has 2 Germany caps and loomed ample connected Bayern Munich’s shopping database this summertime aft scoring 17 goals successful 33 appearances for Stuttgart past season.

His presence would extremity Eddie Howe’s agelong hunt for a striker. After being rejected by, among others, Liam Delap, Hugo Ekitiké, João Pedro and Benjamin Sesko during a adjacent play blemished by Isak’s determination to spell connected onslaught arsenic nan guardant attempts to unit a move to Anfield, this breakthrough will travel arsenic a immense alleviation to Newcastle’s manager.

It should besides almost surely preface a caller bid from Liverpool for Isak. Newcastle person rebuffed 1 £110m offer from nan Premier League champions but, fixed nan Swede’s refusal to return to training aliases playing, it is thought a sum nearer £130m whitethorn beryllium sufficient.

With Callum Wilson having departed for West Ham and heavy uncertainty surrounding Isak, Howe remains very overmuch successful nan marketplace for 2 strikers. This week Newcastle had a second, £55m bid rejected for nan Wolves centre-forward Jørgen Strand Larsen and it appears improbable nan Norway world will beryllium allowed to leave.

Negotiations for Brentford’s DR Congo striker Yoane Wissa stay ongoing but person proved analyzable pinch Newcastle having astatine slightest 2 bids turned down for a subordinate who appears to person group his bosom connected a transportation to St James’ Park.