In the summer of 2025, Newcastle went to surprising lengths to deny Bayern Munich the signing of Nick Woltemade. So much so that a Bayern boss called a club management willing to pay £85 million for the German striker “idiots”. A year later, Newcastle themselves have taken the evaluation of the German’s play in the Magpies shirt. An evaluation that ended with hectic activity on Deadline Day.
11 goals in 53 Newcastle games was not what the club had paid for. On the last day of the transfer window, there was hectic activity to replace the 24-year-old.
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Woltemade ended up on loan to Juventus, but according to Sport Bild , the Premier League club were looking for Felix Nmecha signing at Borussia Dortmund and offered Woltemade as part of the deal.
Offers for the creative and sensational swap were met with a shrug of the shoulders at Dortmund. Here, Nmecha is considered an important part of the plan for the upcoming season, and therefore did not want to let him go. Woltemade was also not the player Dortmund have on their wish list.
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