Newcastle United have agreed a club record transfer package for Stuttgart’s highly-rated Germany international striker Nick Woltemade in a move that swings the door open for Alexander Isak to complete his move to Liverpool.
The Magpies are poised to finalise a £60.5m (£65m including add-ons) move for Woltemade, who was flying into Tyneside on Thursday night as Newcastle race to complete the deal before their weekend game at Leeds.
It is a huge move for Newcastle who have previously had eight bids for strikers rejected – but have completed negotiations with the 23-year-old and his club under wraps until everything was tied up.
It gives Liverpool encouragement to launch a second bid for Isak – which the i Paper reported was certain to come before Monday’s deadline day – but does not guarantee the move will happen. Signing Woltemade strengthens Newcastle’s hand in negotiations and PIF sources have told the i Paper that no deal would be sanctioned unless they meet the club’s valuation.
Newcastle have always insisted they needed to sign TWO strikers before allowing Isak to leave but interest in Jorgen Strand-Larsen has become complicated after Wolves insisted they would not sell the striker for any price.
The Magpies also have an interest in Yoane Wissa but the i Paper can reveal tonight that Brentford’s stance remains the player is not for sale and there is no current dialogue between the two clubs. They have not put a valuation on the player’s head and the Bees have been consistent: they need to sign a replacement of equivalent calibre to Wissa before discussing terms with Newcastle.
While those issues need to worked out there will be huge satisfaction at St James’ Park that they have brokered a deal for Woltemade, snatching him from under the noses of Bayern Munich – who saw him as a potential long-term successor to Thomas Muller.
At 23 he is considered still a work-in-progress but there is huge excitement about his potential in Germany and Eddie Howe is understood to be enthusiastic at the prospect of working with him. Imposing in the air but technically gifted, Woltemade potentially brings a new dimension to Newcastle’s play – and if the club can add another striker with Premier League experience while banking the huge PSR wiggle room they’d get from a club record deal for Isak they will feel satisfaction at navigating their way out of a hugely difficult situation.
The i Paper understands that the presence of Yasir Al-Rumayyan on Tyneside this week has proved extremely significant, with PIF taking a hands-on role in the final days of the transfer window.
They are now the ones calling on the shots on Isak and their outlook has always been that the move needs to work for Newcastle. That was made explicit by the statement issued last week which detailed the “conditions” that needed to be met for a deal to be done.
But in reality the Isak situation has cast a shadow over the club for more than a month now and there are influential voices at Newcastle who believe that a resolution that sees him leave would be best for all parties.
Crucially there was no change in Isak’s stance on playing for the club again after a PIF delegation alongside co-owner Jamie Reuben visited Isak on Monday afternoon before Newcastle played Liverpool. That, along with Al-Rumayyan being in a position to sanction a series of bids for strikers, feels like it might have changed the situation and offered Liverpool a route to complete a deal for Isak.
It is set to be a dramatic conclusion to a fascinating summer on Tyneside and in Merseyside.
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