Karl-Heinz Rummenigge embarrasses himself with Newcastle United comments | OneFootball

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has been talking about Nick Woltemade signing for Newcastle United and not Bayern Munich.

It was taken for granted that the serial Bundesliga winners would be signing the young up and coming striker this summer.

Nick Woltemade had made clear he wanted to sign for Bayern Munich as his preferred destination and that made other top clubs back off, having been interested in the young forward who’d just had a massive breakthrough season at Stuttgart. The striker scoring 17 goals in the Bundesliga and in the German Cup despite only 22 starts in the two competitions, plus a number of sub appearances. That form seeing Nick Woltemade get his first senior caps for Germany in the summer.

However, Bayern Munich tried to abuse their powerful position, that position being the fact they were Woltemade’s preferred destination and also their status as by far the most dominant club in Germany.

Instead of meeting Stuttgart’s €75m (£65m) valuation, Bayern Munich made a number of lowball offers that infuriated Stuttgart, as they and their star striker were messed about by Bayern.

A third and what turned out to be last offer by Bayern Munich of £52m, turned down by Stuttgart. Eddie Howe and Newcastle United then seizing this surprise opportunity gifted to them by Bayern refusing to meet the valuation of a striker they were desperate to sign as Harry Kane’s longer-term replacement. United paying the required £65m (plus up to a possible £4.3m in future add-ons if targets are hit).

Bayern Munich have been furious at their inability to compete in the summer transfer window as the financial power of the Premier League, has seen them miss out on Florian Wirtz as well as Nick Woltemade.

This has manifested itself in a series of unprofessional lacking integrity comments and interviews from major Bayern Munich figures, those both inside and outside of the club, especially with regard to Newcastle United outbidding them for Woltemade.

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is a Bayern Munich legend, a decade as a player there and in later times has been a key figure off the pitch, a long-time chairman and currently a board member.

The former (West) Germany international now the latest major Bayern Munich figure to embarrass himself with these cringeworthy comments aimed at Nick Woltemade and in particular, Newcastle United.

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge talking to Bayernisch Rundfunk about Newcastle United outbidding Bayern Munich to sign Nick Woltemade:

“When this story with Nick Woltemade and then the demands of Stuttgart came up, I, as well as Uli Hoeness, Herbert Hainer, Jan Dreesen, and Max Eberl, said: guys, we’re reaching figures that I no longer find acceptable.

“We shouldn’t meet every demand to make someone happy, especially the financiers at Stuttgart.

“I can only congratulate the people in Stuttgart for finding…let me use quotation marks here, ‘an idiot’ who paid that much money, because we certainly wouldn’t have done that in Munich.

“We have to find a solution [to being able to compete with the financially all powerful Premier League].

“We can’t keep going higher, further, every year.

“Salaries and transfer fees have been rising rapidly in recent years.

“We can’t continue to operate seriously in this way.

“In England, they now have billionaires.

“Or sometimes even states, that own clubs, like Saudi Arabia, Qatar…

“Then you have to play against them in the European Cup [Champions League] and keep up.

“Then in the meantime you are expected to win that competition”

I don’t think it takes a genius to work out, that if the likes of Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and other Bayern Munich figures weren’t bothered about missing out on Nick Woltemade and thought he was a very run of the mill striker who wasn’t worth what is the going rate for any promising striker these days, then they wouldn’t be constantly going on about him…

Their bitterness all too apparent and gutted that they lost out to Newcastle United on a player they were desperate to sign but thought they could bully Stuttgart into selling on the cheap.

These Karl-Heinz Rummenigge comments especially embarrassing, as he has scored two excellent goals from the two clear chances that have come his way so far playing for Newcastle United and his overall play has impressed NUFC fans and neutrals alike.

Man U paid more money for Benjamin Sesko and Nick Woltemade looks a class above the Slovenian striker.

Once the rest of the Newcastle United players learn how to get the best out of the new striker, Nick Woltemade will get even better and better in terms of his influence on NUFC results and performances.

Newcastle United fixtures (All of the Champions League matches will also be available to watch on TV in the UK):

Wednesday 1st October: Union SG vs Newcastle United (5.45pm)

Sunday 5 October– Newcastle v Forest (2pm) Sky Sports

Saturday 18 October – Brighton v Newcastle (3pm)

Tuesday 21st October: Newcastle United vs Benfica (8pm)

Saturday 25 October – Newcastle v Fulham (3pm)

Wednesday 29 October – Newcastle v Spurs (8pm) Sky Sports and ITV

Sunday 2 November – West Ham v Newcastle (2pm) Sky Sports

Wednesday 5th November: Newcastle United vs Athletic Club (8pm)

Sunday 9 November – Brentford v Newcastle (2pm) Sky Sports

Saturday 22 November – Newcastle v Man City (5.30pm) Sky Sports