

Wolves have signed Jørgen Strand Larsen on a permanent transfer from Celta Vigo for a total £25.5m fee.
Strand Larsen spent this season on a successful loan at Molineux from Celta Vigo with 14 goals and five assists in 38 appearances, which proved enough for Vitor Pereira’s Old Gold to activate a £25.2m obligation to buy the 25 year-old on a permanent transfer.
Wolves however paid a £2.5m loan fee which meant that they have paid £23m to complete the permanent signing of the Norwegian international, which meant that the total fee came to £25.5m with the Norwegian signing a four-year contract until June 2029.
“It’s been a good first season in the Premier League,” commented Strand Larsen on his achievements so far “I’m proud of what I’ve done. I’ve been able to take the steps quite earlier than I’ve done before. Previously when I moved to a new country, I’ve needed more time to get into it and score goals.
“As a striker, the team need you to score the goals and be on the end of the crosses, so to score 14 goals – and come back after my injuries and a little dip of form – it was a good season for me in that respect.”
“Since Vitor and his staff came in, I scored eight goals, and seven goals in seven or eight games, so it was a good end of the season, and as a team we progressed in a really good way for next season.”
Strand Larsen is now eager is enjoy a first “nice” pre-season under Pereira which he hopes can iron out some issues which they hadn’t been able to work on at the end of last season.
“It will be good to have a pre-season together with Vitor, the coaches, the staff and the players, because that obviously helps.
“We will have more time to work on things we couldn’t work on during the season, and it also gives the coaches more time with us off the pitch as well.
“We showed last season that we can beat anyone, and we are also a very tough team to beat, and that’s what we want to aim for. We obviously want to show that again next year, so hopefully we can build on it.”