Over the past 48 hours, a few things have been made clear in the increasingly complex (and tiresome) striker saga on Tyneside.
As Alexander Isak continues to sulk, Newcastle will only allow the Swede to leave if we sign TWO strikers and receive an increased offer from Liverpool.
Yoane Wissa may be priced out of a move if Brentford’s £50m demands don’t drop, a deal for Samu Aghehowa looks unlikely based on his £80m price tag and potential injury on Monday night.
But another name cropped up (once again) this morning, with David Ornstein revealing that we have firmed up our interest in Wolves’ Jorgen Stand Larsen.
However, as ever this summer and at this stage of the window, a deal for the 25-year-old will be far from simple and very expensive, as talkSPORT’s Alex Crook reports.
He reveals that Eddie Howe has stepped up his involvement in a potential deal by calling a number of Larsen’s former coaches to gain character references.
That, if true, is a sign that our interest in serious. But striking a deal with Wolves will not be easy, with talkSPORT revealing that Wolves have ‘no desire’ to sell and see him as their main man to fire them to safety following Matheus Cunha’s exit.
As a result, it will take a ‘mega offer’ for Wolves to even consider selling the 6ft 4″ Norwegian, meaning Newcastle may have to pay well over the odds for a man who scored 14 goals last season.
A few weeks ago, Craig Hope reported that Larsen had been priced at around £65m, but it’s not clear if that valuation will go up now we have less than two weeks left of the summer window.