Jorgen Strand Larsen’s £50m club record transfer in doubt as deal agreed for another Premier League forward

Crystal Palace are yet to submit the formal offer for Jorgen Strand Larsen, casting doubt on the deal, talkSPORT understands.

Wolves were expecting a written offer of £45m rising to £50m today after positive verbal talks.

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However, Palace have subsequently agreed a deal with Aston Villa to sign Evann Guessand on loan, raising concerns at Molineux the Strand Larsen deal could be in doubt.

Much is likely to depend on the future of Palace striker Jean-Phillipe Mateta, with Palace holding firm on their £40m valuation.

Nottingham Forest are believed to have offered £35m while AC Milan and Juventus remain interested in the Frenchman.

talkSPORT understands there is an agreement in place between Palace and Villa over a loan move with a £26m option to buy.

Leeds had an offer worth in excess of £30m for the Norway international rejected last week.

Wolves have valued the 25-year-old at closer to £40m.

The Premier League‘s rock bottom side rejected an offer of £55m from Newcastle in the summer transfer window.

Palace stepped up talks in recent days with intermediaries working on Strand Larsen’s exit.

If the move was to happen, it would be the second time Palace have smashed their club transfer record in January, having already signed Brennan Johnson for £35m from Spurs.

Nottingham Forest have already tabled a £35million bid for the forward, with personal terms not seen as an issue.

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However, Spurs could be ones to watch too in the final days of the window.

talkSPORT’s verdict on Strand Larsen

He has scored 14 goals in 35 games for Wolves last season and that saw him in huge demand.

However, he has struggled in 2025/26 and found the net just once in 19 games.

With Wolves heading towards relegation, it looks like they will opt to cash in now.

Former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan has been less than impressed with what he has seen from Strand Larsen.

He told talkSPORT: “I’ve watched Strand Larsson, I think he’s a donkey. If Palace think he’s something different and they’ve got the replacement, some would say 18 months ago that Mateta was one too. 

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“He’s hit a vein of form under [manager] Oliver Glasner. Everybody in the end gets what they deserve.

“You can look at the karma that goes around football and work out where it lands. 

“The fact is he wants to leave, he’s entitled to leave. Palace can bank a load of cash on him, buy a new player that wants to come to Crystal Palace and move on. 

“The manager is going to go, they’ll replace him with another manager that will hopefully keep Palace afloat in the Premier League and order will be returned.”

Relegation transfer battle

Here talkSPORT’s chief football correspondent Alex Crook runs through who the Premier League strugglers will attempt to sign in the final days of the window.

West Ham

West Ham have been busy already. They’ve signed a couple of strikers. They obviously got Adama Traore through the door yesterday for £2m, a player Nuno Espirito Santo knows really well. 

They’re looking for a goalkeeper and we’ve been reporting for the last 48 hours or so about their talks with Antonin Kinsky at Tottenham.

Nottingham Forest

Forest will do business as they always do. [Owner] Evangelos Marinakis is someone who backs his manager. We know they’re interested in Jean-Philippe Mateta.

Evan Ferguson, the Brighton striker on loan at Roma, is someone who’s come on my radar in terms of Forest over the last couple of days, so we’re keeping an eye on that.

Wolves

Wolves are trying to sign Angel Gomes from Marseille, the diminutive England international midfielder, but you wonder if other clubs higher up the table might come in for him this January window.

Burnley 

Burnley have just signed James Ward-Prowse which i think would be a good addition for them.

It’s probably too little too late in terms of saving themselves from relegation but at least they’re trying to back Scott Parker.