'Here we go': Newcastle United send dominoes toppling after Nick Woltemade signing as Fabrizio Romano confirms move
For many clubs, this summer has been a waiting game in the transfer market, none more so than Newcastle United, who have had to wait until the very end of the window to recruit the striker they've been searching for all summer.
After many failed attempts to sign a new centre-forward, Newcastle finally have one in the form of German international Nick Woltemade, who arrived on Tyneside on Thursday to complete his £69 million move from Stuttgart.
The Magpies still want another forward through the door, which looks likely to be either Yoane Wissa or Jorgen Strand Larsen. The arrival of one of those would finally trigger Alexander Isak's move to Liverpool.
Newcastle have been waiting for Brentford to sign a replacement for Wissa before they'd allow him to leave, as Liverpool have been waiting for Newcastle to replace Isak before sanctioning his departure.
Newcastle's move for Nick Woltemade has affected Chelsea and Bayern Munich
It also seems like Nick Woltemade's move to Newcastle has triggered a domino effect too, as Fabrizio Romano has confirmed that Chelsea have finally found a new home for Nicolas Jackson, who had been linked with Newcastle for weeks.
🚨🔴⚪️ EXCL: Nicolas Jackson to Bayern, here we go! Deal agreed with Chelsea on initial loan move.
€15m loan fee for one season plus buy option clause not mandatory for €80m package and sell-on clause.
Jackson, set to fly to Bavaria with his agent Ali Barat from Epic Sports.
Newcastle gazumped Bayern Munich in the pursuit of Nick Woltemade
Bayern Munich had been trying to sign Woltemade all summer, but their offers kept falling short of Stuttgart's valuation, and now that Newcastle have effectively hijacked their deal they've had to look elsewhere.
Nicolas Jackson had always looked likely to leave Chelsea after failing to impress since his £32 million move two years ago.
We may have potentially overpaid for Woltemade, only time will tell, but we'd still rather him than Jackson, so everything worked out.
