Nagelsmann says Woltemade is struggling at Newcastle as he's being played out of position

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/newcastle-utd/p6ahwuwJ/"]Newcastle[/a]'s record signing after joining from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vfb-stuttgart/nJQmYp1B/"]Stuttgart[/a] in the summer, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/woltemade-nick/4YDUd1at/"]Woltemade[/a] scored in four of his first five Premier League games but only has three goals in his past 21 league matches, having not found the net since December.[/p][p]Speaking in Frankfurt on Thursday after naming Woltemade in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/germany/ptQide1O/"]Germany[/a]'s 26-man squad for March friendlies against Switzerland and Ghana, Nagelsmann said the striker's versatility meant he was not always deployed in front of goal.[/p][p]"Eddie Howe has obviously decided - without me knowing any more details - to simply swap his strikers. And that's perfectly within his rights."[/p][p][b]"And lately, he's simply - and this is just my opinion - played very deep. When he's playing as a double pivot, Nick Woltemade has quite a long way to go to get a goal.[/b][/p][p][b]"He's not exactly a classic counter-attacking striker who runs at 36km/h, leaving opponents in his wake. If he's 80 metres away from goal, I don't think British journalists can expect him to score 20 goals, he's simply too far away."[/b][/p][embed guid="cff41ac3-9053-47de-8b2e-8c62b00b2c42" url="https://x.com/NUFC/status/2023831563486556189" social-type="twitter" /][p]Nagelsmann promised to play the 1.98-metre (6ft 6in) tall forward, who has four goals in eight Germany games, in a more dangerous position.[/p][p]"It (Woltemade's form) has a lot to do with the overall situation. What I can promise is he won't play 80 metres away from goal with us.[/p][p][b]"If we're playing 80 metres from goal, he won't play. I'll try to play him closer, around 30 metres from goal. Then he'll be dangerous and do a lot of things well."[/b][/p][p]The coach said Woltemade would adapt to the demands of Newcastle and the Premier League, pointing to Woltemade's rapid development in recent years, developing from a bench player at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/werder-bremen/Ig1f1fy3/"]Werder Bremen[/a] to leading the line for Germany within a year.[/p][p][b]"He's undoubtedly having a tough time in Newcastle, but that's also normal,"[/b] Nagelsmann said, adding "new culture, new league, new language.[/p][p]"He also needed time in Stuttgart."[/p]