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Newcastle United have paid a club record fee for Nick Woltemade, the 23-year-old German striker.

Andrew Musgrove is joined by Bundesliga expert Ben McFadyean to get the insight into Woltemade.

In an honest and open chat, Ben shares his concerns but hopes about Woltemade.

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Ben McFadyean is a football journalist, fan activist, translator, and writer with a specialized focus on German football, particularly the Bundesliga. He has been following German football since the 1990s.

McFadyean is also a PhD researcher in professional football at the University of Portsmouth, where he completed an MA in Translation Studies, German to English. His research at Portsmouth focuses on German football governance. Born in England, he lived for a significant part of his childhood in Dortmund, which fostered his love for Borussia Dortmund and his fluency in German.He is the founder and president of the Borussia Dortmund Fan Club London 2013, the club's podcast, "Dortmund Fan Club London Podcast,", has 77 episodes on a range of topics relating to BVB, Bundesliga and the international game, to date.

His work extends to publications, including FourFourTwo magazine, the BBC, Gulf News and Bundesliga News. McFadyean is known for his interviews with elite athletes and managers, including multiple from Borussia Dortmund including Emre Can, Mateu Morey, Steffen Tigges, Felix Passlack, and Neven Subotic.He has contributed to two books on German football, Lee Price's Bundesliga Blueprint (2015), and Chris Lee's 2022 book about the fight against extremism in football The Defiant McFadyean also has Asperger's Syndrome, which he credits with enhancing ability to focus and remember detailed facts and figures. Beyond his professional work, he is a keen charity fundraiser,

The Dortmund Fan Club London Podcast can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2XAwg5aC4kcDGPuWH9ulrj

The fan club can be found here: facebook.com/borussiadortmundfanclubengland

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