Woltemade on Spalletti's Huge Aura and Career Change

Niclas Woltemade says he knew within minutes that working under Luciano Spalletti would change his career.

The German striker, on loan at Bianconeri from Newcastle after a summer move, sat down with DAZN to reflect on his first months in Italy and the impact of the Tuscan coach. New league, new demands, new voice in the dressing room – and Woltemade is clearly relishing it.

His first meeting with Spalletti set the tone.

“When I met Spalletti for the first time with my family, we all thought one single thing: aura,” Woltemade told DAZN. “He has a huge aura, he seems calm, but he is very clear in what he wants both on the pitch and off it.”

That mix of calm presence and sharp clarity has quickly shaped the forward’s daily work. Woltemade talked about a coach who did not ease him in gently or offer vague encouragement. Spalletti, he said, went straight to the details.

“He is helping me a lot and immediately began working closely with me to help me improve. I am certain I will become a better player under him.”

For a young striker trying to establish himself after leaving Newcastle on loan, that certainty matters. Woltemade feels he has landed in the right dressing room, at the right moment, under a manager whose ideas fit his own ambitions.

He describes an environment built for growth: demanding sessions, precise instructions, and a coach whose presence, as his family quickly sensed, fills the room long before the tactics board does.

If the aura was the first thing Woltemade noticed, the work that follows will decide how far this spell with Spalletti can push his game.