Barcelona decided against signing Newcastle United‘s Nick Woltemade, after making advances with Arsenal for Gabriel Jesus.
The La Liga winners pursued Julián Alvarez for the most of the summer window.
Atlético Madrid’s refusal forced them to look for alternatives and they ended up signing Jesus from Arsenal on deadline day. Prior to completing the deal for the Brazilian, Barcelona had an opportunity to sign the Newcastle United player.
Newcastle United player offered to Barcelona
That’s according to Thursday’s print edition of Mundo Deportivo, who share behind the scenes developments around Nick Woltemade and Hansi Flick’s side.
The Premier League side signed the striker from VfB Stuttgart for €75m in August 2025. He managed 10 goals and three assists from 48 matches and struggled to regularly shine in this calendar year.
The Germany international lost prominence under Matthias Jaissle, making one substitute appearance in the league. This forced him to look for a way out of St James’ Park.
Mundo states Barcelona had an opportunity to sign the Newcastle United player, who was ‘offered at the last-minute’.
Barca considered signing Newcastle United player
The newspaper reports the Spanish champions considered the possibility of bringing him to the Camp Nou.
At that time, Hansi Flick’s side were in advanced negotiations with Arsenal to sign Gabriel Jesus.
In fact, he already had a foot inside the Camp Nou. Therefore, Barca didn’t make further advances to sign Nick Woltemade.
On Wednesday, Sport Witness covered a report from Germany explaining that Newcastle United offered him to Borussia Dortmund.
Their plan was to include the frontman as part of the deal for Felix Nmecha.
However, the Bundesliga side didn’t entertain the Magpies’ cash-plus-money offer to sign Nmecha.
On deadline day, the Tyneside club signed Matias Fernandez-Pardo from Lille and let Woltemade join Juventus on a season-long loan deal.
