Nick Woltemade speaks to the media ahead of Newcastle’s Champions League match against Leverkusen at BayArena

Newcastle United striker Nick Woltemade has revealed that his childhood nickname was 'Crouchy' after gangling ex-England star Peter Crouch.

But he told a packed Press conference it is hard to base his game around the 6ft 7in legend given he was too young to truly appreciate his playing days. It was Newcastle legend Shay Given - who played with Crouch at Stoke - who feels that United can cash in from Woltemade's height by fine-tuning the service to the £69m man after recent comments to Chronicle Live.

Woltemade told journalists in Germany: "I remember him, but if I am honest, I was born in 2002, I didn't watch him play so much. "When I was young, my manager in Bremen, when I

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