The Keen & Judah Show: Which of these forwards will leave Wolves next season?

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Liam Keen and Nathan Judah return to speculate on the future of 32 Wolves players. What's next for Rayan Aït-Nouri, Matheus Cunha, Mario Lemina, and more!

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00:00Right, on to the forwards and someone who's had a magnificent season himself

00:03and hopefully many more to come for Wolves.

00:05And that's Jorgen Strand-Larsen, who will be the number nine next season

00:08and going forward, hopefully for two or three more years to come.

00:12Yeah, not only will he be a Wolves player next season,

00:14he'll be officially signing permanently next season.

00:16Absolutely.

00:17Yeah, we reported, I think it was back in December, maybe January at the time,

00:21that he needed a certain amount of appearances to become a permanent fee,

00:26permanent player.

00:28And as far as we're aware, that's already been triggered.

00:32He's going to be a Wolves player.

00:33It's going to be made official.

00:35£23, £23, £23.5 million.

00:41And they paid about £2, £2.5 million in a loan fee as well.

00:44So roughly around the £25 million mark total.

00:47But he's returned it so far with a really good first season.

00:49And I think he'll only get better.

00:51So he's the striker Wolves needed and he'll be sticking around.

00:55Okay, Mateusz Cunia, he gone.

00:57£62.5 million.

00:59It's the worst-kept secret in football.

01:02Surely he's going to be going probably to Manchester United.

01:04But I think there'll be a whole host of clubs that'll be interested to get someone

01:07who could be, by the end of the season, could be on 20 Premier League goals,

01:10who's available for, I guess, a cut-price deal in the modern current market value.

01:15I think that it's a no-brainer.

01:16He wants to go and I'd be absolutely shocked, stunned and flabbergasted if he is at pre-season

01:23for Wolves this summer, let alone starting the Premier League season.

01:26Yeah, no, I think you're right.

01:27I think you're right.

01:27It depends.

01:28Obviously, the window's opening slightly early for roughly a week or so with the Club World Cup.

01:33It wouldn't surprise me at all.

01:35In fact, I'd had my bets that he probably goes in that period of time.

01:38And you are right.

01:39I don't think he'll be around for pre-season.

01:41Even if he is, I do think he'll still go.

01:44And I'd be really surprised if he's a Wolves player next season.

01:47He's a fantastic footballer.

01:49There's obvious faults there in terms of off-the-pitch stuff.

01:52But I think a club for that kind of money, even though it's a decent investment for that

01:56kind of money, I think a club will take him.

01:59And I can't see him being at Wolves.

02:01If he was there at pre-season, it'd be a great move.

02:03That's for certain.

02:04Yeah, absolutely.

02:06Right, 30 seconds per player now.

02:08Let's get on with it.

02:09I'm really, really torn with Wang.

02:14I think considering that he almost went in the summer, Marseille wanted him more to Adam

02:18and he wasn't going to go anywhere.

02:19It's been a really poor season for him.

02:22Injuries and form and confidence, it just hasn't worked at all.

02:26And for those reasons, you can't lose everyone.

02:28But for those reasons, I think he goes.

02:31But I'm really, really torn on that one.

02:34I think there's a lot of forwards who were probably going to go before Wang Yi-chan.

02:36I feel like he's an important part.

02:38Up-squad depth-wise, I think there's still a player in there.

02:40I think he's probably one who's going to stay, actually.

02:42I think it's a priority for Wolves.

02:44And I don't think they get the money that they did in the summer.

02:45So for that reason, I think that I'll have to disagree with you.

02:48I think that Wang stays.

02:49And I think both of us will be quite happy if he does stay, to be honest.

02:51Yeah, I think so.

02:52And I'll change my mind.

02:53I agree with you.

02:53Let's just go with that.

02:57Pablo Sarabia.

02:58Yeah, end of his contract.

03:00He's on massive, massive, massive money.

03:02And I think it'll have to be a lot of change in how much he's earning.

03:07And perhaps a change of heart from the top if he was to stick around.

03:13It's not that there's a lack of appreciation for what he's been able to do.

03:16I think he's been okay overall in his two and a half years.

03:19Very good recently, obviously.

03:21But maybe not quite warranted the money he's been on.

03:24And I don't think he'll fit into the wage structure of Wolves.

03:27I suspect he'll leave on a free transfer.

03:29Rodrigo Gomez.

03:31We're a big fan of Rodrigo.

03:32I think we both are.

03:34Vitor seems to be as well, giving him more chance off the bench recently.

03:37His challenge next season will be to try and step him into more of a starting berth if he can.

03:43I'm not sure he'll necessarily quite start every week.

03:45But I think he can get closer to that.

03:48He'll be better for his first season in the Premier League.

03:49And he'll be a Wolves player next year.

03:52Sacha Kolaidzic.

03:54Back on the turf.

03:55And an interesting one.

03:57For me, I think that if there was a bid that came in that was deemed acceptable,

04:01I think they would accept it.

04:02But I just don't think there was with his injury history.

04:04I think he'll be there.

04:05I think he'll hopefully maybe get some minutes.

04:07But I'm not sure whether he fits into Vitor's plan long term.

04:10Yeah, it'd be a really interesting one.

04:12Again, there's a lot of different interesting narratives and stories with individual players going into the summer.

04:16That's why we're doing this show, because it's going to be such an interesting pre-season and transfer window.

04:21But I have to agree with you.

04:23I think if the fee and offer comes in, I think the player and the club would be happy to make a move.

04:28If that isn't the case, then you may have to keep him around.

04:32If there's space for him in the squad, give him a chance.

04:35Okay, Carlos Forbes could have triggered an option, well, not an option, an obligation to buy.

04:42That's definitely not the case and expect him to leave pretty quickly.

04:45Yeah, on loan, we don't expect that to be triggered and it will be not a permanent deal.

04:50Go back to Ajax again.

04:51Another one just hasn't worked at all.

04:54One for one of the most improved players of the season, if not the most improved player, Jean-Rigna Bellegarde.

04:58Yeah, I think he's done really well recently.

05:02He's going to have to keep up the consistency.

05:05That's a really, really important thing for him next season.

05:07But I think Vitor's a big fan of him.

05:09He's versatile.

05:09We know he can play midfield now.

05:11And for those reasons, I just can't see, first of all, an offer coming in that Wolves would want, you know, deem acceptable anyway.

05:19But even if it did, I think Wolves and Vitor would be really keen to keep hold of him.

05:22So for that reason, I think he's a squad player for Wolves next season.

05:27Almost a forgotten man, Enzo Gonzalez.

05:29Bad injury, but can you see him fighting his way back and maybe into the first team plans?

05:35Oh, bless him with that injury.

05:37I mean, you see him around the training ground and he's doing his best to get back, but it's not easy.

05:41Yeah, look, still a very, very young lad.

05:43I know for a fact that they are considering and looking at potential loans for him,

05:47but it depends on how he gets back over the next few weeks.

05:51They were hoping he might get back in time to play a bit of 21s and that hasn't quite happened either.

05:56So the summer and how he starts the summer is going to be really key to that.

05:59Whether he's a Wolves player one, two, three, four years from now is a really tough one to answer.

06:05Is he a Wolves player next season?

06:06I think he probably goes on loan.

06:07I think he needs the minutes.

06:10Gonzalo, get it.

06:11To round it all off.

06:12To round it off, Gonzalo.

06:14This is why I was really difficult with Huang because you can't lose everyone.

06:18And is he going to be one of either Huang or Geddes?

06:22And I think if an offer comes in for Geddes that is acceptable,

06:25which again is a big question mark whether it will or not, I think he goes.

06:29But that, again, you can't have everyone go.

06:31So that's going to be a real sticking point for the club going forward.

06:34And Vito's going to need a strong and balanced squad for next season.

06:38Yeah, and it's all about character.

06:39Maybe it's a toss-up between them two.

06:40And I would rather have Juan Hichan in my squad than Gonzalo Geddes.

06:42That's for certain.

06:43And that is how you do 32 players in less than 20 minutes.

06:48If you need you to show for all the ups and the downs at the Brighton.

06:51All right.

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