‘This one hurts the most' - Nick Woltemade breaks his silence after U21 Euro final defeat to England as Bayern Munich transfer talk continues

Woltemade, who emerged as the Golden Boot winner for the U21 European Championship after scoring six goals, said he is "bursting with pride" despite his team seeing their unbeaten streak of 20 games come to an end as they were beaten by England in extra-time on Saturday.

Germany lost to England after Jonathan Rowe scored a diving header in the second minute of extra-time, making it 3-2 to Lee Carsley's men. While England secured a two-goal cushion within the first 25 minutes of the game through Harvey Elliott and Omari Hutchinson, the Germans slowly came back in to it. Just before the stroke of half-time, Nelson Weiper brought one back for the side through a classic header, and in the 61st minute Paul Nebel’s banger caressed goalkeeper James Beadle’s fingertips to land in the back of the net.

Woltemade, a star of the tournament up until the final, wrote on Instagram: “21 games, 20 games undefeated. But this one defeat is the one that hurts the most. And yet I’m almost bursting with pride! 2 years ago this journey began - a Team and Staff who all love to work TOGETHER to achieve their goals. This atmosphere we created within U21 is something I will forever be grateful for. Well, do it, dear U21. And in two years you will do exactly what we unfortunately barely missed yesterday! Let’s go Deutschland!”

Woltemade is coming off the back of an incredible breakthrough season with Stuttgart and a fine U21 Euro campaign, but he could be set for a summer move as Bayern Munich have swooped in to convince him to join them this summer. Stuttgart, though, have no intention of selling him.