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Yahoo
8 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Effenberg: Woltemade an option for Bayern to replace Kane in future
Former Germany midfielder Stefan Effenberg is pictured at "The Miami Beach Edition" Hotel, ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup Group C soccer match between Bayern Munich and Boca Juniors. Sven Hoppe/dpa Former Germany midfielder Stefan Effenberg believes that VfB Stuttgat young talent Nick Woltemade is an option for Bayern Munich to replace top striker Harry Kane in the future. "He's a forward that should be focused on Bayern Munich, definitely. Not now, but whenever Harry Kane leaves," the former Bayern captain said during a media event on the sidelines of the Club World Cup in the United States. Advertisement Kane, 31, has a contract with Bayern until 2027, while the 23-year-old Woltemade has a deal with Stuttgart until 2028. "Nick Woltemade is a type of player and number nine that Bayern should already be thinking about. Who performs like he did in the German Cup final and so on, is already made for great ambitions," Effenberg said. After a strong season with Stuttgart and winning the Cup title, Woltemade is now having an impressive campaign at the under-21 Euros with Germany. He's the top scorer with four goals ahead of the quarter-finals against Italy on Saturday. He joined the U21 squad just a few days after participating in the Nations League Final Four with the senior national team. "I think that's great, that attitude. He could have said I need to rest, it's been a long season. But this is a big tournament. You can win a title there," Effenberg praised.
BBC News
2 days ago
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- BBC News
The 'two-metre Messi-Musiala' starring at U21 Euros
England Under-21s will come up against a tough challenge in their European Championship defence when they face Germany - and the tournament's top scorer Nick Woltemade - on Wednesday (20:00 BST).The 23-year-old Stuttgart forward, who is 6ft 6in (1.98m) and recently became a senior international, has scored four goals in two games in he is being linked to many Premier League clubs after his breakthrough season in the will reach the quarter-finals if they avoid defeat by Germany, or if Slovenia do not beat the Czech Republic."It wouldn't be optimal scouting if a club didn't have that [his scoring run] on their radar right now," Woltemade recently told Bild of Chelsea links., external"I'm not thinking about my future right now. I'm now with the under-21 national team, I'm having a lot of fun and I just scored three goals."Woltemade was even called a "two metre Messi-Musiala" by club captain Atakan Karazor in an interview in February., externalHe said: "He can control the ball, but at the same time he can also dribble like a 1.6 metre dribbler. He's a player who is two metres tall but he has technique like Messi." A summer to remember for Woltemade Woltemade has enjoyed a few landmark moments in the past 24 May, he scored in the German Cup final as Stuttgart beat Arminia Bielefeld to win his first he started both Nations League games for Germany - against Portugal and France - for his first two senior now, days later, he is playing at the European Under-21 Championship as one of the tournament's oldest players. He netted a hat-trick in the 3-0 win over Slovenia before scoring again, and assisting two, in the 4-2 win over the the Czech will hope to continue that scoring run against Lee Carsley's England in Germans are already through to the knockout stages but England need a point to join them. Woltemade's good club form - and Premier League links Woltemade started his career with Werder Bremen, coming through their youth teams, but had only scored two goals in 51 spent the 2022-23 season on loan in the third tier with the striker rejected the offer of a new Bremen contract last summer before a free-transfer move to time there started slowly - and he was not named in their Champions League squad - but he has become a prolific has bagged 17 goals in 33 games (22 starts) for the Bundesliga side - including in each of his past four was named newcomer of the season by the VDV, the German professional footballers' union, despite having already played 41 Bundesliga games for form has seen him most strongly linked to Chelsea - but also to Arsenal, Liverpool, Everton, Brighton and West Ham - and some of the continent's top clubs too. Who else is scoring in the Euro U21s? Woltemade's current nearest rival for the tournament's golden boot is Newcastle's William 21-year-old has netted three times in two games for Denmark, including a double in a 2-1 win over the Maksym Braharu - of Dynamo Kyiv - and Portugal's Geovany Quenda are the only two other players to net winger Quenda, 18, will join Chelsea in a year's time in a £40m move.
South Wales Guardian
3 days ago
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- South Wales Guardian
Lee Carsley urges England Under-21s to handle the ‘biggest moments' in Euros bid
Having opened their title defence with a 3-1 win over the Czech Republic, England were then left frustrated by being held to a goalless draw by Slovenia on Sunday. Germany, meanwhile, have already made sure of progress to the last eight with two victories and would finish top of Group B if they avoid defeat to England in Nitra on Wednesday night. Carsley hinted he could again freshen up the side, but is confident all of his players have the needed mindset to get at least the point required to book a quarter-final spot against either Spain or Italy. 'We all know what the game is about and how much weight it carries, so we try and remove a bit of that for the players, but they have looked very focused,' Carsley told a press conference. 'We talk about the players having personality on the ball and getting the ball, because it is really important that in the biggest moments of the biggest games, that is what we are trying to prepare these players for. '(For them) to hopefully go on and have senior careers, then they have got to be able to handle these kind of experiences and situations, so I feel we are capable of that.' "The objective is to qualify from the group, and we're on course to do that." 🙌 Reaction to yesterday's #YoungLions draw at the #U21EURO from Lee Carsley, James McAtee and James Beadle: — England (@England) June 16, 2025 Carsley added: 'We still want to win the group, so that's the challenge that we set the players. 'We have shown in patches that we have been good, but we can definitely be better. 'The chances that we have created, but then didn't take (against Slovenia) is disappointing. 'Maybe if we had come off that game scoring a couple of goals, then we would probably have a different feeling, but I am sure that there is a lot more goals in this team.' 🆚 Slovenia:⚽️⚽️⚽️ 🆚 Czechia:⚽️🅰️🅰️ Nick Woltemade is unstoppable 🔥#U21EURO — UEFA Men's Youth (@UEFAMensYouth) June 15, 2025 Having beaten Slovenia 3-0 in their opening group game – in which Stuttgart forward Nick Woltemade scored a hat-trick – Germany then again impressed with a 4-2 win over the Czechs. 'They are very well organised and have got some very strong players physically,' Carsley said. 'They are probably a little bit more direct than what we are used to watching from German teams that have gone on in the past, but they are really effective with what they do.' Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson, who has started both group matches so far, feels England can step up the challenge. A winning start to #U21EURO for Elliot and England! 🦁 — Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) June 12, 2025 'We have got to go out there and perform. It is a big game for us,' Anderson, 22, said. 'It is all about trying to get through the group now. 'We have got so much quality in the team and is about showing it on the pitch, so it is about being brave and able to express yourself.'
Rhyl Journal
3 days ago
- Sport
- Rhyl Journal
Lee Carsley urges England Under-21s to handle the ‘biggest moments' in Euros bid
Having opened their title defence with a 3-1 win over the Czech Republic, England were then left frustrated by being held to a goalless draw by Slovenia on Sunday. Germany, meanwhile, have already made sure of progress to the last eight with two victories and would finish top of Group B if they avoid defeat to England in Nitra on Wednesday night. Carsley hinted he could again freshen up the side, but is confident all of his players have the needed mindset to get at least the point required to book a quarter-final spot against either Spain or Italy. 'We all know what the game is about and how much weight it carries, so we try and remove a bit of that for the players, but they have looked very focused,' Carsley told a press conference. 'We talk about the players having personality on the ball and getting the ball, because it is really important that in the biggest moments of the biggest games, that is what we are trying to prepare these players for. '(For them) to hopefully go on and have senior careers, then they have got to be able to handle these kind of experiences and situations, so I feel we are capable of that.' "The objective is to qualify from the group, and we're on course to do that." 🙌 Reaction to yesterday's #YoungLions draw at the #U21EURO from Lee Carsley, James McAtee and James Beadle: — England (@England) June 16, 2025 Carsley added: 'We still want to win the group, so that's the challenge that we set the players. 'We have shown in patches that we have been good, but we can definitely be better. 'The chances that we have created, but then didn't take (against Slovenia) is disappointing. 'Maybe if we had come off that game scoring a couple of goals, then we would probably have a different feeling, but I am sure that there is a lot more goals in this team.' 🆚 Slovenia:⚽️⚽️⚽️ 🆚 Czechia:⚽️🅰️🅰️ Nick Woltemade is unstoppable 🔥#U21EURO — UEFA Men's Youth (@UEFAMensYouth) June 15, 2025 Having beaten Slovenia 3-0 in their opening group game – in which Stuttgart forward Nick Woltemade scored a hat-trick – Germany then again impressed with a 4-2 win over the Czechs. 'They are very well organised and have got some very strong players physically,' Carsley said. 'They are probably a little bit more direct than what we are used to watching from German teams that have gone on in the past, but they are really effective with what they do.' Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson, who has started both group matches so far, feels England can step up the challenge. A winning start to #U21EURO for Elliot and England! 🦁 — Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) June 12, 2025 'We have got to go out there and perform. It is a big game for us,' Anderson, 22, said. 'It is all about trying to get through the group now. 'We have got so much quality in the team and is about showing it on the pitch, so it is about being brave and able to express yourself.'
North Wales Chronicle
3 days ago
- Sport
- North Wales Chronicle
Lee Carsley urges England Under-21s to handle the ‘biggest moments' in Euros bid
Having opened their title defence with a 3-1 win over the Czech Republic, England were then left frustrated by being held to a goalless draw by Slovenia on Sunday. Germany, meanwhile, have already made sure of progress to the last eight with two victories and would finish top of Group B if they avoid defeat to England in Nitra on Wednesday night. Carsley hinted he could again freshen up the side, but is confident all of his players have the needed mindset to get at least the point required to book a quarter-final spot against either Spain or Italy. 'We all know what the game is about and how much weight it carries, so we try and remove a bit of that for the players, but they have looked very focused,' Carsley told a press conference. 'We talk about the players having personality on the ball and getting the ball, because it is really important that in the biggest moments of the biggest games, that is what we are trying to prepare these players for. '(For them) to hopefully go on and have senior careers, then they have got to be able to handle these kind of experiences and situations, so I feel we are capable of that.' "The objective is to qualify from the group, and we're on course to do that." 🙌 Reaction to yesterday's #YoungLions draw at the #U21EURO from Lee Carsley, James McAtee and James Beadle: — England (@England) June 16, 2025 Carsley added: 'We still want to win the group, so that's the challenge that we set the players. 'We have shown in patches that we have been good, but we can definitely be better. 'The chances that we have created, but then didn't take (against Slovenia) is disappointing. 'Maybe if we had come off that game scoring a couple of goals, then we would probably have a different feeling, but I am sure that there is a lot more goals in this team.' 🆚 Slovenia:⚽️⚽️⚽️ 🆚 Czechia:⚽️🅰️🅰️ Nick Woltemade is unstoppable 🔥#U21EURO — UEFA Men's Youth (@UEFAMensYouth) June 15, 2025 Having beaten Slovenia 3-0 in their opening group game – in which Stuttgart forward Nick Woltemade scored a hat-trick – Germany then again impressed with a 4-2 win over the Czechs. 'They are very well organised and have got some very strong players physically,' Carsley said. 'They are probably a little bit more direct than what we are used to watching from German teams that have gone on in the past, but they are really effective with what they do.' Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson, who has started both group matches so far, feels England can step up the challenge. A winning start to #U21EURO for Elliot and England! 🦁 — Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) June 12, 2025 'We have got to go out there and perform. It is a big game for us,' Anderson, 22, said. 'It is all about trying to get through the group now. 'We have got so much quality in the team and is about showing it on the pitch, so it is about being brave and able to express yourself.'
