Jamie Carragher slams disrespectful comments on Newcastle star - 'It angered me'

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Jamie Carragher has come to the defence of Newcastle United striker Nick Woltemade. 08:48, Mon, Oct 6, 2025 Updated: 08:48, Mon, Oct 6, 2025 Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher has stuck up for Nick Woltemade (Image: Getty Images)Jamie Carragher has branded Bayern Munich chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 'a joke' for his 'disrespectful' remarks about Newcastle United striker Nick Woltemade.

And Carragher hopes Woltemade keeps making Bayern look silly with his displays in black and white stripes."I really like him and I actually saw that quote a few days ago and it angered me and I am not a Newcastle United supporter," Carragher told Sky Sports."I think it is a joke really coming from someone who is part of a football club, in terms of Bayern Munich, a really respected football club.Nick Woltemade has four goals in a Newcastle shirt (Image: Getty Images)"He shouldn't be speaking about, especially, another German player like that so disrespectfully. That would have been all over the news in Germany and his family and friends are there."That is our job, we are pundits, not somebody who is associated with such a fantastic club.

That is really disrespectful and when I saw that I thought: 'Do you know what? I really hope that lad shoves those words down his mouth'."And at the start of his Premier League career it looks like he is going to do." Read next Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you.