After Wirtz, it’s Woltemade’s turn: harsh criticism in England. "It' disappeared"

Another criticism of a German national team striker in England. After harsh judgments on Florian Wirtz, who has been playing much better at Liverpool lately, it is now the turn of Nick Woltemade, in the crosshairs of the soccer press and pundits after Newcastle United’s defeat to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup.

The’former Stuttgart center forward is struggling to adapt to Eddie Howe’s style of play, and in recent Premier League matches he has often started from the bench. On Wednesday night he played as a starter against Manchester City but it went poorly and he was replaced at halftime after a terrifying first half by the Magpies (down 3-0).

Woltemade never managed to get a shot on goal and was involved very little with the team, touching the ball just 11 times and never in the opponent&#8217s penalty area. After an excellent start to the season, his performance has gradually declined, and in the league he has scored just 3 goals in the last 16 games.

The’former England star Micah Richards to Sky was very harsh: “Woltemade is obviously a very good player, but he doesn&#8217t fit Newcastle&#8217s system of play. Against Manchester City he disappeared, he never showed up. He simply cannot play in this team”.

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“When I saw him play for the first time I thought, wow, he is really good! He is tall, agile, can control the ball and shoot. He is a very good buy. But now things have changed. The team has to figure out how they want to play: if they want to keep Woltemade on offense, they have to integrate him better into the game so he can show his value”.

Woltemade arrived in England from Stuttgart for 75 million euros and is one of Germany’s assets for the upcoming World Cup scheduled for North America.