Bayern Munich board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has labelled Newcastle “an fool” for shelling out £69million on Nick Woltemade.
Bayern tried to signal the Germany worldwide over the summer time however, having seen two bids rejected, opted to stroll away. Newcastle then stepped in with a membership report bid to prise Woltemade from Stuttgart after lacking out on a number of different targets.
The 23-year-old had solely been at Stuttgart for 12 months after becoming a member of on a free switch in the summertime of 2024 from Werder Bremen.
He scored 17 objectives in 33 video games for the Swabian aspect after which impressed for Germany Underneath-21s on the European Championship, ending because the match’s main goalscorer with six objectives.
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The 6ft 6in striker has netted twice within the Premier League up to now, including in yesterday’s 2-1 defeat to Arsenal at St James’ Park, as he adapts to life in England.
Rummenigge apprehensive about Bayern’s future towards ‘state-owned golf equipment’
Rummenigge has been outspoken on the monetary inequality between the Bundesliga and the Premier League and stays incredulous that Saudi Arabian-owned Newcastle had been prepared to spend that sort of cash on Woltemade.
He instructed Blickpunkt Sport: “I can solely congratulate them in Stuttgart for locating an fool, in citation marks, who pays a lot cash, as a result of we [Bayern] definitely wouldn’t have finished that.”
On the power of the English prime flight in comparison with golf equipment in Germany, Rummenigge, who can be a former chairman of the European Membership Affiliation, added: “We have to discover a answer. We can’t go greater yearly. Salaries and likewise the switch quantities have risen quickly lately. You’ll be able to’t preserve working on this means.
“In England, you now have billionaires or there are states that personal golf equipment, equivalent to Saudi Arabia.
“After which it’s important to play and sustain within the European Cup towards them. And you’re nonetheless requested to win this competitors [the Bundesliga] in between.”
