Alexander who? Newcastle United fans have fallen in love with Nick Woltemade, the striker appropriately born on Valentine’s Day, after a flying start to his career with the Magpies.

They adore a folk hero in the pubs and bars in Grey Street and on the Diamond Strip, especially if he wears the club’s iconic No.9 shirt, and there was wailing and gnashing of teeth across Tyneside when Alexander Isak made his acrimonious exit to join Liverpool in August.

Their season was in the balance as the Sweden striker ranked alongside legends who had previously pulled on the coveted top like Alan Shearer, Andy Cole, Malcolm MacDonald, Les Ferdinand, Andy Carroll, Hughie Gallacher and the immortal Jackie Milburn.

Isak had scored 54 Premier League goals since joining Newcastle from Real Sociedad in Augu

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