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The upcoming change from Nick Woltemade to Newcastle United shows that the Bundesliga in betting with the Premier League is now without a chance.
Of course, Lothar Matthew immediately spoke up. The record national player announced his opinion, which he thought of the surprising turn in the Causa Nick Woltemade. Newcastle United instead of Bavaria Munich. Premier League instead of Bundesliga.
“Woltemade is now in the best league in the world. I cannot imagine that Newcastle pays almost 90 million and then puts the player on the bench. I believe that Woltemade with his stature fits well into the Premier League. He has to prevail there now”said Matthew the picture before the contract was even signed.
In contrast to the German record champions, the fifth fifth in England, financed from Saudi Arabia, is apparently ready to pay the transfer fee accessed by VfB Stuttgart. 85 million euros plus possible bonus payments of five million euros are in the room. Stuttgart has released the complained Woltemade for negotiations.
The market value is actually 30 million euros
According to Transfermarkt.de, the player’s market value amounts to 30 million euros. In this respect, the 60 million euros offered by Bayern were an extremely high sum for the 70-time Bundesliga player and two-time national players, who started comparatively late.
In the second division season 2021/2022, the Bremer, born in SV Werder, clearly stood in the shadow of Niclas Füllkrug and Marvin Ducksch, just seven short-term missions completed their own plant in the promotion season. In Bremen, they then failed to bind the Woltemade built over a loan to SV Elversberg in the long term.
Measured by the increase in value, those responsible at the Weser have to annoy themselves twice and triple, because in 2024 the technically fogged Schlaks moved to Stuttgart, where his star opened because coach Sebastian Hoeneß soon trusted him after start -up difficulties.
Christoph Freund recognizes the superiority of the Premier League
The offensive all-rounder was recommended by strong performance at the U21 European Championship when Germany only failed in the final in England. Shortly before the final, FC Bayern’s interest had become public. The next young star is now demonstrating with the change to a Champions League participant about the tremendous financial strength of the Premier League.
Sports director Christoph Freund sees the deal as another signal for the different balance of power in European football. To it, “How many players have switched from the Bundesliga to the Premier League in the past twelve months and also during this transfer time”and on that “Which sums flow there”you can see what “Brutal possibilities” The English league said the Austrian. Newcastle is “A good club”but have not been the past few years either “top category” heard. The Premier League games “Financially in a different league”.
More than 1.6 billion euros only for transfers
As in the Florian Wirtz case, the industry leader from Munich cannot even provide enough economic and sporting arguments to keep a German World Cup hopeful in the Bundesliga. Has the German league become a supplier?
The figures in England in the transfer activities read dizzying: The English clubs have issued 2.85 billion euros alone by Friday (29.08.2025) for access. In return, 1.61 billion euros came in for departures. Makes a difference of more than 1.2 billion euros – and the transfer window does not close on Monday (01.09.2025). Each of the 20 clubs of the Premier League has pumped around 143 million euros on average.
The Bundesliga invests an average of 40 million euros per club
In contrast, the Bundesliga comes to a slight transfer of transfer: income of 842 million euros is compared to expenses of around 705 million euros. Each club has invested almost 40 million euros on average. Neither the Woltemade deal nor the emerging transfer from Xavi Simons from RB Leipzig to Tottenham Hotspur are included.
Nick Woltemade raises his arms during the supercup against FC Bayern.
It is quite possible that the Bundesliga will break the billion-dollar border in the transfer proceeds until the transfer. However, it is a high price to have to give up the best stars. And if the faces of the league’s national team are lost, it becomes dangerous. After the Supercup, the VfB bosses around Managing Director Alexander Wehrle actually ruled out a change.
Above all, the many income from television money would make the difference, explained Bayern coach Vincent Kompany. The ex-professional trained the English club FC Burnley before moving to Munich. “I still remember when we got up with Burnley. Suddenly you had TV money of 100 million euros – for a climber.”
Julian Nagelsmann would probably not have thought that his words would overtake himself so quickly. On Wednesday evening (27.08.2025), the national coach had spoken to why the whereabouts of Woltemade would be a good cause for everyone involved.
Especially for the 1.98-meter man, who under the Swabian sponsor, which is guaranteed, which, from Nagelsmann’s point of view, is the most important thing: sufficient playing time for the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA. The 38-year-old warned all the protagonists for the World Cup season: “If a player only gets 25 percent time, it will be tight.”
Malick Thiaw also went to the “Magpies”
The national coach explicitly named Malick Thiaw, who rarely ran in Serie A at AC Milan last season – and after moving to Newcastle United is not (yet) a regular player. Despite undisputed talents, the 24-year-old defender therefore received no calling for the first World Cup qualifiers against Slovakia (September 4) and against Northern Ireland (September 7). Nagelsmann briefly and scarce to do without Thiaw: “Because he doesn’t play! He has to play, that’s the key.”
The fact that Woltemade is now connected to the “Magpies” does not lack a certain piquance, because the national coach had complained with the hickhack around the shooting star with sharp words: “I think that such a change theater does not pass on a player without a trace. I always find it very unhappy that all of this is performed publicly from all sides.” Now the last act of the change theater was not yet listed at this point.