Newcastle United’s striker search has taken another major twist on Thursday evening, it would seem.
With a move for Brentford’s Yoane Wissa stalling and Wolves seemingly unwilling to sell Jorgen Strand Larsen unless two new strikers arrive at Molineux, it’s claimed that Newcastle has moved its striker search to Germany.
In a shock update from Craig Hope on Thursday evening, it’s claimed that Newcastle are now pushing to sign Stuttgart star Nick Woltemade.
As revealed in his latest exclusive for [The Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-15043927/Alexander-Isak-Newcastle-PIF-Saudis-transfers-Liverpool.html), sources in Germany are now indicating that Newcastle are ‘closing in on a deal’ for the 6ft 6″ striker.
The 23-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to Bayern Munich this summer and was expected to hold out for that move.
However, with Harry Kane currently their star man and Nicolas Jackson closing in on a loan-to-buy switch to the Bundesliga giants, the door may have opened for Newcastle to sign the German international.
As Hope states, it would be a huge coup for the club if they landed the tall but technically gifted striker, who was one of the star players at Euro U21 after scoring 17 goals in 33 Bundesliga games last season.
Time will tell and updates will follow, but this would be an impressive move after the club saw £50m and £55m bids rejected for Strand Larsen earlier this week.