Exclusive: VfB bosses unpack over Woltemade deal
09.09.2025 14:29 | 4: 01m
VfB Stuttgart collects up to 90 million euros for Nick Woltemades switch to Newcastle United. What happens to the income? And did the short-term transfer deal really take care of internal Zoff with the Swabians? CEO Alexander Wehrle and sports director Fabian Wohlgemuth take a position to RTL/NTV and Sport.de.
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VfB fan wonders great, you have this. Wanted me made the deal. Of course you didn’t want him, they said themselves. Great player, but now he has really been sold great. Also how much can you reinfest this money again?
Well, well, we have already reinstated a lot. At the end of the transfer period, we still signed two offensive players and before that we have already done a lot. So we have already clearly spent, no question, we have a winter transfer period before the breast summer transfer next year so you shouldn’t forget, we have already invested properly. Of course we also took it, not only is a good guy and also clearly in the head, but it simply has plants. And if he continues to develop it, then he will also play a very, very good role in the Premier League. Now also seen in the missions at the national team that he will also find his role there. And therefore yes, we would have liked to continue working with him. No question at all. We also communicated it in the same way. But if a pain threshold is somehow reached, then we have to make decisions in the overall interest of VfB Stuttgart. And he then clearly stored a second time that he would like to change. And when the components come together, then you have to make entrepreneurial decisions. Even if it certainly hurt us in terms of sport.
So I am convinced of our squad, we are convinced of our squad. Sure, of course. We will know what this will ultimately lead to in six, 789 months. We just wanted to give up two regular players with Enzo Milo Nick. On the other hand, we held the majority of the squad together. This means that what we tried to develop last year can now simply continue with the majority of the team, with the scaffolding that has developed stably. And we can just continue there. Take the knowledge from last year and also brought players who are promising that still have a lot of potential. Whose upper limit is far from being reached. And that’s why I am very, very confident that we don’t just have a good squad now, but that it will be even better within a very short time. And therefore I am confident that a trainer, if he loses one of his top performers, may also be able to sleep worse if he loses one of his top performers. But well, in the spirit of the club. And then we did that in the interests of our commercial enterprise. On the other hand, players have been added and he has said everything about it in the past few days. So we look ahead. And yes, it is always controversial. But that is part of it and also shows how openly and honestly we all deal with each other.
Nick just spoke to them. You have a very good relationship with him, even if something like this must be or can really be from economic considerations that VfB is the same. How is it for you as a person? Then you can implement the switch and look at the switch, unfortunately it is gone now, but there is nothing left because it is a fine guy.
So first it is a fine guy who has developed extremely in the last four or five months. That is why the large offer came now because others saw it. But that doesn’t change the fact that he is a good guy, that we continue to look at him, that we continue to think of him. And yet we are now concentrating on ourselves, look ahead and wish Nick all the best for the future. But as I said, we are now concerned with ourselves and yes, we have to make the decision. Everyone meets together, then check out the topics quickly because football is just fast -moved. And the same was in the Nick case.