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Newcastle have signed the 'pick of the bunch'.
So far, that seems to be the consensus on Woltemade, from not just Newcastle supporters, but also across the board, as fans of other clubs voice their unanimous praise for the towering German centre-forward.
Early signs suggest he's living up to his price tag. But has some of the praise gone over the top, or is it all well-founded?
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Ticking the checklist of the typical reaction to a new star in English football, fans and media - myself included - have already begun banging the Woltemade drum, with some potentially overhyping the player and piling additional pressure on his shoulders in the process.
On social media, parallels have already been drawn between Woltemade and Premier League legends Dennis Bergkamp and Dimitar Berbatov.
Excitement around the player is justified - he's had an excellent start to his Newcastle career - but I think already throwing around big names, particularly ones like Bergkamp, is slightly premature.
A fairer comparison is to judge the big man against some of the other new Premier League strikers. What can't be disputed are the stats.
For non-penalty goals, non-penalty expected goals, and goal conversion percentage, Woltemade ranks top compared with some of the so-called big six's new striker signings, including the likes of Ekitike and Gyokeres.
The ex-Stuttgart man, fresh from scoring his first international goal for Germany in a 1-0 win against Northern Ireland on October 13, has now scored four goals in six Premier League games, which, at the time of writing (October 28), brings his total to five goals in ten games in all competitions.
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A goal every other game would already be an excellent start for a foreign striker in England's top flight, but what makes him so much more impressive is everything else he's bringing to Newcastle's game.
The flicks, the hold-up and link-up play the ability to beat a man, win a header - I could go on. What is promising is that so far, Woltemade is taking the hype in his stride and, in the best possible way, looks completely unaffected by it all.
Appearing as though he doesn't feel the pressure, the striker is currently taking the rhetoric around him in his stride, using it to fuel his performances rather than hinder them.
So, are the comparisons with Berbatov and Bergkamp too soon? Yes. Are they over the top? Certainly. Most importantly, can Woltemade reach the dizzying heights of those Arsenal and Manchester United greats - possibly, but let's not get carried away.
The most important thing is that after a disjointed summer, the 6ft 6in centre forward has slotted in seamlessly. When we needed goals, he delivered.
Although it might be too soon to compare him with Premier League legends, one player, more than any other, it would be fair to judge him against is one-time Magpie and new Liverpool striker Alexander Isak.
I doubt the start to the Swede's career in Merseyside has gone the way he or his agent envisaged... Nearing November, one assist in four Premier League games, and one goal and one assist in eight appearances in all competitions, wouldn't have been on either of the duo's bingo cards for the 25/26 season.
It's hard to feel sorry for Isak or his former international manager, Jon Dahl Tomasson, who, after fervently defending Isak during the strike fiasco, lost his job as head coach of Sweden on October 13, just hours after a dismal 1-0 loss to Kosovo left the Scandinavian nation bottom of Group B in the World Cup qualifiers, with a poultry one point from four games.
And with a groin injury now sidelining the £130m Isak, 26, once again, Newcastle, who signed Woltemade, 23, for around half of that price, are really beginning to look like they got the better side of the deal.
So, as far as comparisons go, when all is said and done, as long as Woltemade can keep outscoring Isak and continue to score important goals, I think most Newcastle fans will be happy.
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