Newcastle boss Jaissle backs Woltemade to flourish on loan at Serie A giants

[p]As the clock ticked down on Tyneside, new boss Matthias Jaissle secured a £51 million deal for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fernandez-pardo-mathias/0vPhfqq8/"]Matias Fernandez-Pardo[/a] from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lille/pfDZL71o/"]Lille[/a], as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/woltemade-nick/4YDUd1at/"]Woltemade[/a] headed to Turin.[/p][p]The 24-year-old struggled for consistency following his move to St James’ Park from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vfb-stuttgart/nJQmYp1B/"]Stuttgart[/a] in a club record £69m switch last summer.[/p][p][b]Despite a strong start to life in English football, Woltemade ended the campaign with just 11 goals and four assists across 51 games.[/b][/p][p]The deal is understood to be a straight loan, with no future transfer option or obligation included, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/juventus/C06aJvIB/"]Juventus[/a] will pay a £3.5m fee.[/p][p]Jaissle admitted it was a delicate decision to let Woltemade go, but he hinted at his fellow German still having a future at the club in 2027.[/p][embed guid="5cba0ae4-1b23-4cf4-9b1d-72253479985c" url="https://x.com/NUFC/status/2095573514732310774" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"I really appreciate Nick as a player for his quality on and off the pitch. We had always good conversations, really honest conversations and he decided now to take another challenge in a top league with a top club," [/b]Jaissle said.[/p][p][b]"We will monitor him closely. I'm really curious how he's doing and I'm sure he will score a lot of goals there for sure. He's still our player, so we will stay in close contact."[/b][/p][p]Newcastle are still unbeaten under Jaissle, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bournemouth-OtpNdwrc/newcastle-p6ahwuwJ/?mid=A7Ob65ig"]host Bournemouth in their next Premier League encounter.[/a][/p][infobox id="02b45e73-9abc-454d-882a-650a1a621f7d" /]