Newcastle close to Jorgen Strand Larsen agreement? - Big claims on Wolves striker

Newcastle United need strikers and are running out of time to strengthen, but some interesting developments have emerged today on another Premier League target.

With a deal for Brentford's Yoane Wissa becoming messy and the club requiring two new additions to even consider selling Alexander Isak, Wolves' £60m-rated Jorgen Strand Larsen has now emerged as a serious contender to sign.

David Ornstein revealed that we'd firmed up our interest in the Norwegian earlier this week, but two reporters from the Midlands paper, The Express and Star, are now making some strong claims on a potential move.

Speaking on their Wolves podcast, Birmingham-based reporter Nathan Judah reveals that Newcastle and Wolves are only "£5m apart" on their valuations of the player:

"It's going to be a big, big story. They (Newcastle and Wolves) are around about £5m apart (on their valuations) at this moment in time."

Judah also claims personal terms will not be a problem, suggesting Newcastle make a swift move for the 6ft 4" striker if the two clubs can strike an agreement and the dominoes fall into place for Wolves.

On that, Express and Star colleague Liam Keen confirms that while Newcastle are 'pushing' to get a deal done, it's thought Wolves will demand £60m to sanction his sale.

This would hand the club a huge profit on the £23m paid earlier this summer to make his loan move from Celta Vigo permanent, and it's claimed that Wolves would look to sign TWO replacements with that money.

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