Newcastle’s new hero, Woltemade eyes Barcelona clash

Overview

• Nick Woltemade had a dream debut for Newcastle United.
• His goal sealed a 1-0 win over Wolves in the Premier League.
• He scored with a fantastic header, earning praise from club legend Alan Shearer.

Nick Woltemade had a dream debut for Newcastle United as his goal sealed a 1-0 win over Wolves in the Premier League on September 13 at St. James’ Park. The newly signed striker scored with a fantastic header, earning praise from club legend Alan Shearer.

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On his X (formerly Twitter) account, Shearer reacted moments after the goal, writing: “What a cross and an even better header.”

Woltemade was delighted with the praise and shared his thoughts.

"Of course he's the legend. He scored a lot of goals and of course I'm happy about it. I worked a lot on it the last weeks, the last months and the last year. With my height, I guess you have to. You can get more goals if you can have a good header."

The German striker added that it felt rewarding to see his hard work pay off.

"A header always feels good as a striker, especially if you work on it every week, so I was just happy when the ball was going in."

"I want to score goals" - Woltemade

The win lifted Newcastle to 10th place in the table with five points from four games. Next, attention shifts to Europe as the Magpies prepare to kick off their UEFA Champions League 2025/26 campaign against FC Barcelona at St. James’ Park on September 19.

Woltemade, who is set to experience his first UCL night at home, shared his excitement about the challenge.

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"It's my first Champions League game at home here at St. James' Park against Barcelona. I guess it can't be better, so I'm really looking forward to it," he said. "I want to score goals, but I guess today was also important that we won the game. Now I want to keep going and try my best every game, and if then the goals come, of course I'm really happy about it."