By Samuel A. September 1, 2025
Newcastle have signed Stuttgart striker Nick Woltemade in a club record fee of £69m, beating Isak’s transfer fee. The deal was sealed on Friday, and it now opened the door for Liverpool to make a British-record bid for Alexander Isak as they’ve always wanted.
The Magpies agreed to pay £64.86m (€75m) plus £4.3m (€5m) in add-ons for the Stuttgart forward, taking the total package just little over £69m, surpassing the £63m they paid for Isak three years ago. Woltemade’s arrival increased the likelihood of Isak leaving for Liverpool, as they now had another target man, making it easier to let go of the Swedish international at the midnight before Deadline Day of the transfer window.
Newcastle always maintained that Isak would only be sold if an adequate replacement was found.
Liverpool initially had a £110m plus addons bid for Isak rejected earlier in the summer, before having their £130m bid accepted on Sunday midnight/Monday morning.
Newcastle landed Woltemade ahead of Bayern Munich, who had multiple offers rejected for the forward this summer after he scored 17 goals in 33 appearances for Stuttgart, before moving for Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson.
Woltemade says Newcastle have “big plans” for him. “I’m really happy to be at this amazing club. From the first contact”, he said. “I felt like the club really wanted me and had big plans for me. It’s a big step in my life to leave Germany but everybody has welcomed me so well and it already feels like family. I have a really good feeling from speaking to the head coach that this is the right place for me to find my best level. I know the stadium from watching games on television – it looks amazing and I know the atmosphere is crazy. I’m really excited to play and start scoring goals here.”
Newcastle also agreed to a deal worth up to £55m to sign Brentford forward Yoane Wissa on Deadline Day morning. The transfer is understood to be an initial £50m plus £5m in add-ons, with personal terms agreed in principle.
The Magpies had multiple offers rejected for Wissa this summer and the striker even took to Instagram to reveal his frustration at a move not materialising as he pushed for a switch to their Premier League rivals in a long writeup, requesting for the club to let him leave for a fair price.
