Newcastle United: Nick Woltemade shows there is life without Isak despite Wissa injury blow

Woltemade was certainly in the right place at the right time.

The new arrival may like to link play, but Howe was acutely aware that “we won’t want him to get himself out of goalscoring areas”.

And the Newcastle head coach was the first to recognise that they still have “work to do with him”.

Though Woltemade won three of his four aerial duels, physically he has “a lot to improve to get used to this level” Howe said.

But the will is there to do so.

Whereas Newcastle saw Hugo Ekitike, Benjamin Sesko and Joao Pedro opt to move elsewhere, Woltemade was determined to join the club from Stuttgart.

Woltemade did not exactly have much time to catch his breath, after jetting off for international duty, but he made it clear he “wanted to help the team and bring his qualities to the group”.

As well as settling on the field, Woltemade has quickly taken to life off it, too.

He may have had a baseball cap on but such is his size, the new arrival has been spotted in the supermarket by supporters and taking a walk down the Quayside.

Rather than being overwhelmed by the passion of the club’s support, though, Woltemade has rightly embraced it.

“It felt amazing,” he said. “Just all the fans, everybody was happy, I was happy. Of course, right now if you’ve won the game that’s more important also. I’m very happy about it.”