In search of more playing time and personal success, Nick Woltemade is leaving Newcastle United for the time being—and joining Italian record champions Juventus on loan.
A year ago, he chose the Premier League—meaning he wouldn’t stay with Stuttgart or move to FC Bayern. However, despite a strong start with four goals in his first five league games, Nick Woltemade was unable to truly establish himself at Newcastle United.
In the end, he managed just four additional goals in his next 28 games in the English top flight—and only one Champions League goal in ten appearances. Time and again, former coach Eddie Howe used VfB’s record signing (up to 90 million euros in transfer fees) only as a substitute or took him off the field too early, and also deployed him in a wide variety of positions.
Return to Newcastle in a year
Because little had changed under Howe’s successor, Matthias Jaissle—two matches without a start, just one late substitution that included an assist—Woltemade left Newcastle on the final day of the summer transfer window, as had been widely expected for hours and increasingly leaked, and joined Juventus Turin.
Italy’s record champion, which had also been eyeing Joshua Zirkzee (25, Manchester United), signed the 24-year-old on loan for around four million euros through the end of the 2026/27 season. According to reports, there is no purchase option—which the Bianconeri themselves did not mention in their announcement (“Nick Woltemade joins!”)—for the Bremen native, who joined VfB Stuttgart after stints at Werder Bremen and Elversberg and quickly rose to become a national team player there. Woltemade is under contract with Newcastle through 2031.
Kolo Muani alone isn’t enough for Turin
Juve coach Luciano Spalletti was searching for reinforcements following the departure of longtime goal-scoring mainstay Dusan Vlahovic (26, transferred to Besiktas) and the failed transfer of Lille’s top scorer Jonathan David (26, loan deal with an option to buy from Atlético), and was looking to bolster his squad—partly because returnee Randal Kolo Muani (27, signed on a permanent deal from Paris Saint-Germain through 2031) still needs time to settle in. “He needs to understand that he hasn’t played in two years—and there’s a reason for that,” said Spalletti.
At Juve, which has gotten off to a strong start with six points from two Serie A matches but is “only” competing in the Europa League this season, Woltemade thus has a good chance of getting more playing time again.
