Woltemade outshining Isak and winning battle of the strikers
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This week: 💪 Woltemade's strong start for Newcastle🔹 Kostoulas being challenged by Hurzeler🔍 A player to watch this weekendWoltemade filling Isak void in his own wayNick Woltemade scored his third header of the season in Newcastle's Carabao Cup win over Spurs on Wednesday. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Watch Woltemade's stunning flicked finish against Brighton His team-mates certainly value his all-round contribution.
He has more Premier League goals, with four, than any of the 18 other strikers signed by Premier League clubs during a summer transfer window which featured unprecedented spending on forwards.It is all the more impressive given he has played fewer minutes than many of the other players in the list, including all of Chelsea's Joao Pedro, Arsenal's Viktor Gyokeres, Liverpool's Hugo Ekitike and Manchester United's Benjamin Sesko. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Woltemade's audacious penalty against Nottingham Forest went viral He is of course a different type of player to the man he has replaced.
They will need their wingers to contribute more goals too, with Jacob Murphy, Harvey Barnes, Anthony Gordon and Anthony Elanga having only found the net once in the Premier League between them so far this season.But in Woltemade right now, they have a player giving them exactly what they need, filling an Isak-shaped void, contributing a lot more than just goals, and, two months into the season, winning the battle of the Premier League's new No 9s.Hurzeler pushing KostoulasFrom Newcastle to Brighton, where it has been a slower start for Charalampos Kostoulas, another of the Premier League's newly-signed strikers having joined from Olympiakos for £31.4m in June.The 18-year-old came with a reputation as one of Europe's most exciting young frontmen and finally earned a first start in Brighton's Carabao Cup tie against Arsenal on Wednesday having scored his first goal from the bench against Manchester United. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Charalampos Kostoulas scored his first goal for Brighton against Manchester United Unfortunately for him, it did not last long.Kostoulas looked menacing from the left flank in the first half at the Emirates Stadium but he was withdrawn at the interval with Fabian Hurzeler citing "physical reasons" afterwards."He needs to adapt to the intensity of the Premier League, he needs to adapt to the demands," said the Brighton boss.Hurzeler was complimentary of the youngster's performance.