{"id":663765,"date":"2026-01-27T09:36:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=663765"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:36:04","slug":"jorgen-strand-larsen-transfer-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/01\/27\/jorgen-strand-larsen-transfer-speculation\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Put Hefty Price Tag on Key Man Ahead of Deadline Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Premier League striker market is beginning to heat up ahead of the transfer deadline day, with Wolverhampton Wanderers\u2019 J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen, a player once described by Alan Shearer<\/a> as “Superb”, emerging as one of the most sought-after forwards. Interest in the Norwegian comes amid growing uncertainty surrounding Jean-Philippe Mateta\u2019s future at Crystal Palace, with several clubs monitoring both situations closely.<\/span><\/p>\n

J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen At The Centre Of A Crowded Striker Market<\/span><\/h2>\n

Wolves Hold Firm On Strand Larsen Valuation<\/span><\/h3>\n

Strand Larsen has attracted strong interest this month, most notably from Leeds United<\/a>, who are keen to add a reliable goalscorer to aid their survival push. The Wolves striker is understood to want to remain in the Premier League should he leave Molineux. This stance has only intensified competition for his signature.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> Wolves Planning For The Future Despite Relegation Fears<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Crystal Palace previously explored a move for the attacker in December but were deterred by Wolves\u2019 \u00a340 million asking price, which is still being floated around as a price tag.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mateta Interest Adds Another Layer<\/span><\/h3>\n

Mateta has entered the final 18 months of his contract. Sky Sports News<\/a> reports that Nottingham Forest are the latest side to register interest in the France international. Mateta is believed to want to leave Selhurst Park, though no formal transfer request has been submitted. Forest has also made inquiries about Strand Larsen, despite recently signing Lorenzo Lucca on loan from Napoli.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aston Villa, long-term admirers of the Wanderers’ target man, now appear set to withdraw after agreeing an \u00a318 million deal for Tammy Abraham from Besiktas. PSR considerations remain a key factor across the market, impacting Villa, Leeds, and Palace alike. Leeds, in particular, have so far failed to agree a deal with Wolves despite submitting a bid of around \u00a333 million last week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More:<\/strong> \u2018If It\u2019s Right for the Football Club\u2019: Rob Edwards Concedes Potential for J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen Transfer<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

With Palace and Forest separated by just three points near the bottom of the table. Strained relations between the two clubs only add further intrigue. As deadline day approaches, Strand Larsen and Mateta remain central to a striker market that still has plenty of twists left to come.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Premier League striker market is beginning to heat up ahead of the transfer deadline day, with Wolverhampton Wanderers\u2019 J\u00f8rgen Strand Larsen, a player once described by Alan Shearer as “Superb”, emerging as one of the most sought-after forwards. Interest in the Norwegian comes amid growing uncertainty surrounding Jean-Philippe Mateta\u2019s future at Crystal Palace, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5441,"featured_media":663775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":true,"sfio_embed_code":"<\/smartframe-embed>","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,2510],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-663765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-wolves"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663765"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663776,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663765\/revisions\/663776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}