The Keen & Judah Show: The boys have high hopes for Jorgen Strand Larsen

Liam Keen & Nathan Judah bring you-to-date with all latest transfer news & how that will shape Wolves’ summer business.

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00:00But in terms of Jorgen Strand-Larsen, someone who has done very well at top level, scored goals,

00:0913 goals for 24 for Celta Vigo, Norway international, £25 million. This is someone,

00:15we've talked about a number nine, Wolves have been desperate for a number nine.

00:18And you've got to expect this is someone who I assume Gary O'Neill and Matt Howard will be

00:24looking to hit the ground running and potentially a starter straight away for Wolves.

00:30I think we spoke about Rodrigo Gomez, who we'll come on to and how excited I have been for that

00:35signing. This one really does get me excited. This one more than any signing so far is one

00:43that I think could or has the potential at least to be a real hit and from the ground running

00:49straight away. So as you mentioned there, yeah, it's first of all, from a financial point of view,

00:54a really smart deal, I think, and Wolves have done really well to get this over the line.

00:57It's going to be a loan fee of roughly around £2.5 million. That'll be triggered with a certain

01:03amount of appearances. We don't know that figure as it stands, but you would expect that it's very

01:08likely to be triggered. And then that final- A bit like Cunha when he signed.

01:14Yeah. Although the Cunha appearances was very, very low. It was-

01:18Very, very low.

01:18Single digits. I think this will be higher than that, but I imagine it'll be one that

01:22will very likely go through. And obviously, we'll do some work to find out that figure at

01:26some point. And then once that does go through permanently, we're looking at roughly around

01:31£23 million as the purchase price. So that takes it as an overall package to around £25.5 in pounds,

01:39that is. So not only is it a great footballing purchase, I would like to think, and we'll come

01:46on to that in a second, but from a financial point of view, to bring a player in at 24

01:51years of age, playing in a very good league and scoring goals, and to be able to bring them in on

01:56a very minimal loan fee with what is a fairly hefty permanent transfer fee, but not having to

02:03pay that until the following financial year, give yourselves a little bit more breathing room this

02:07summer, but bring in a player in a position that you desperately needed to sign. It makes sense

02:14in every possible metric you can think of. So from a financial point of view, it's a very,

02:19very shrewd deal. And I'm very impressed that we've been able to get this over the line and

02:22get it over the line so quickly. And then from a footballing point of view, he's a player,

02:26as you mentioned there, plays for the Norway national team. If he can follow some of his

02:30compatriots from Norway that we've seen in the last couple of years, he might be one hell of a

02:34player. So we'll wait and see how he gets on. But 13 goals in the league in Spain last season,

02:39which is obviously a very good league. I think, I mean, I've not met him yet, but if his height

02:45is correct... Oh, he's buzzing to meet you. Honestly, I think that was one of the reasons

02:49why he came to England. He's like, this Liam Keane, I've seen him all over social media,

02:53the cute little cherub that he is. I'm signing. I don't care about anyone else. I'm in.