Eddie Howe hits back at ‘irrelevant’ Bayern Munich chief’s brutal Nick Woltemade remarks after he mocked Newcastle’s decision to splash out £69m on Alexander Isak replacement

Eddie Howe has hit again at Karl-Heinze Rummenigge and says his feedback about Newcastle being ‘fools’ for paying £69million for Nick Woltemade are ‘irrelevant’.

The Bayern Munich board advisor has sought to mock the Magpies for the club-record payment they agreed with Stuttgart in August. Bayern had been in talks with their Bundesliga rivals however their presents didn’t transcend £53m.

Rummenigge mentioned: ‘I can solely congratulate the folks in Stuttgart for locating – let me use citation marks right here – ‘a idiot’ who paid that a lot cash, as a result of we definitely would not have executed that in Munich.’

Woltemade has scored two from three begins for Newcastle and, talking from Brussels forward of Wednesday’s Champions League match with Belgian champions Union Saint-Gilloise, Howe defended his club-record purchase.

‘I at all times suppose with some of these issues, it is irrelevant actually,’ he mentioned when requested about Rummenigge. ‘Market forces dictate switch charges, not essentially anyone membership. We’re very happy to have Nick with us.

‘I feel he is began very strongly in what has been a tough interval for him. It is irritating for him to have had no coaching time with us of any notice. I feel he is executed actually, very well. We’re actually happy to have him with us, and the switch payment, for me, is completely irrelevant.’

Eddie Howe hit again on Tuesday, insisting the brutal feedback had been ‘irrelevant’

Regardless of being 6ft 6ins tall, Woltemade arrived with a status for being higher along with his toes. Nonetheless, each of his targets have been scored through headers.

‘It is nice to see him rating along with his head,’ mentioned Howe. ‘As I mentioned once we signed him, we all know he is a giant participant. That needs to be a supply of targets for him, with the peak that he brings. It is one thing we felt we might actually enhance. The 2 headers had been his personal work, and he deserves the reward for them as a result of they’re two excellent moments.

‘As soon as the staff companies him and provides him higher balls in and across the field, there are different methods he can rating as nicely. However that is positively a promising begin.’

Would Woltemade be affected by his price ticket and the talk round it?

‘He isn’t that sort of character,’ mentioned Howe. ‘I do not suppose he essentially overthinks an excessive amount of, which is a very large energy. No matter we’ve paid for him is irrelevant. What he’s going to be judged on is how he performs within the staff and what he provides to the membership going ahead.

‘I’d urge any footballer to attempt to mud that off, nevertheless it’s simpler mentioned than executed. I’ve seen gamers be weighed down by both the payment or the expectation however he is very relaxed. He seems to be like he is having fun with his soccer, having fun with being right here, and in the end that’s the key.’