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Newcastle's Alexander Isak replacement makes four admissions Liverpool fans will love

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Newcastle United's record signing Nick Woltemade might have let on a little too much about his admiration for Liverpool and its stars - both past and present.

The German completed a £69m transfer from VfB Stuttgart as the North East club geared up towards selling Alexander Isak to the Reds.

Isak then completed his £125m British-record transfer to Liverpool on deadline day, around 24 hours after his replacement arrived at St.



So far Woltemade is only one of the two strikers to have scored for his new club, having netted 30 minutes into his debut against Wolves last weekend.



Newcastle supporters haven't exactly kept a happy memory of Isak, given the 25-year-old essentially went on strike over the summer to force his Anfield switch.

The first was who is the most talented teammate he has ever played alongside.

"I think, Flo Wirtz.

You can see he's checking everywhere, I like his playing style looking like smooth, and he's creative.

"For the national team also he's the best player that I've played with."

Another question put towards Woltemade was who he believes his toughest Premier League opponent will be.

"[Virgil] van Dijk, I think," he responded without hesitation.

Newcastle supporters then may have hoped their new leading man had brushed up on his Tyneside history so that he could name one of their own as his favourite Premier League player of all time.

Instead, he answered: "A difficult one, I would say.