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Newcastle head coach Matthias Jaissle refused to be drawn on speculation over Nick Woltemade’s future after his team’s 2-0 win against Tottenham.

The Newcastle manager was questioned about reports linking Woltemade with a move away, but made it clear he would not get involved in discussing transfer rumours.

“I’m not a coach who takes part in these rumours from the media,” Jaissle said.

“Nick is part of the squad and we have a strong squad.

“But you also know that we’re still active in the transfer market, we still have a couple of days left.”

Jaissle also had words of praise for new signing Nico Gonzalez after the midfielder produced an impressive debut following his recent move from Manchester City.

“Great debut. Not easy for a player just joining after a transfer,” Jaissle said.

“There’s also a human being there. If you leave a club, you join a new club.

“I really think he did amazing and we’re looking forward to seeing more from him.”

Anthony Elanga and Yoane Wissa maintained their strong start to the new season by both getting on the scoresheet in the victory, after difficult debut campaigns at the club.

“It’s not only Wissa and Anthony, it’s all the players,” Jaissle stressed. “We think we are here to improve them and encourage them and they deliver their best and we can trigger their full potential.”