Sunderland supporting journalist with stunned reaction to Nick Woltemade signing for Newcastle United | OneFootball

Sunderland supporting journalist Dougie Critchley has reacted to the news that Nick Woltemade is signing for Newcastle United.

For those of you who don’t know much about him, the Mackem journalist that is, not the German international striker…

Dougie Critchley is a journalist who has regularly let himself down when allowing his Sunderland affiliation to impact, when talking about Newcastle United.

So when news broke on Thursday night that United had agreed a transfer fee with Stuttgart for Nick Woltemade, I had a pretty good idea what to expect from our friendly Sunderland supporting journalist.

Or maybe not…

Dougie Critchley reacting via social media to the news Newcastle United have reached agreement with Stuttgart to buy Nick Woltemade – 28 August 2025:

‘Nick Woltemade is a seriously exciting signing for Newcastle…

€85m (approx £73.5m) is an absolutely enormous fee, but needs must this late…

Talent wise though? He’s phenomenal.

One of the Bundesliga’s most promising players last season, top scorer at the U21 Euros…

And so, so unique.

He’s 6ft 6… yes 6ft 6, but has the most unbelievable feet. It’s almost Zlatan like, it doesn’t look normal.

Ekitike, Wirtz, Sesko, Gittens… now Woltemade.

The Premier League has completely pillaged the Bundesliga this season.’

Well Dougie, I couldn’t agree more with this analysis.

I also think that this is a seriously exciting signing for Newcastle United, Nick Woltemade has the potential to prove a top top striker.

For our Sunderland supporting mate to be forced to be so honest on this Newcastle United signing, it massively backs up my opinion that this is a belting move by NUFC, managing to sign him ahead of Bayern Munich.