The ‘two-metre Messi-Musiala’ starring at U21 Euros

When Germany takes on England Under-21s on Wednesday (20:00 BST), they will face a tough challenge in their defense for the European Championship.

The Stuttgart forward, who is 6′ 6″ (1. 98m), has scored four goals in two games against Slovakia.

After his breakthrough season in the Bundesliga, he is also being linked to numerous Premier League clubs.

If Slovenia do not defeat the Czech Republic or if England does not lose to Germany, they will reach the quarter-finals.

If a club didn’t have that [his scoring run] on their radar at the moment, Woltemade recently told Bild of Chelsea links, “it wouldn’t be ideal scouting.”

“I’m not thinking about my future at this time.” I just scored three goals while playing for the under-21 national team, which I enjoy a lot.

Woltemade was given the nickname “two meter Messi-Mussi-Musiala” by Atakan Karazor, the club’s captain, in a February interview.

In the last month, Woltemade has had a few historic moments.

In the German Cup final, he scored as Stuttgart defeated Arminia Bielefeld to claim its first trophy on May 24.

For his first two senior caps, he then began both of his first two Nations League appearances for Germany against Portugal and France.

And he is now one of the tournament’s oldest players while competing at the European Under-21 Championship a few days later. In the 4-2 victory over the Czech Republic, he scored a hat-trick before scoring again and contributing two more goals.

In Nitra, he will hope to keep that winning streak going against Lee Carsley’s England.

Woltemade, who had only two goals in 51 games, started his career with Werder Bremen as a youth player.

He went on a third-tier loan at Elversberg for the 2022-23 season.

Before making a free-transfer to Stuttgart, the striker turned down the offer of a new Bremen contract last summer.

Although he was not selected for their Champions League squad, his time there slowly progressed.

In 33 games (22 starts) for the Bundesliga side, he has scored 17 goals, including in each of his previous four games.

Woltemade has already played 41 Bundesliga games for Bremen, and despite this, the German professional footballers’ union, the VDV, named him the newcomer of the year.

William Osula from Newcastle is Woltemade’s current closest challenger for the tournament’s golden boot.

The 21-year-old has scored three goals for Denmark in their previous two games, including a double in a 2-1 victory over the Netherlands.

Only two other players, besides Dynamo Kyiv’s Maksym Braharu from Ukraine, have scored twice.