Sell-on delight: Groningen benefit from Strand Larsen’s permanent move to Wolves | OneFootball

After impressing in an initial loan spell, Jørgen Strand Larsen made the definitive switch to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday. The Premier League club exercised the option to buy in the loan deal with Celta de Vigo, in turn making ‘the cash register ring’ in Groningen.

Back in 2022, Groningen sold Strand Larsen to Celta for eleven million euros plus bonuses, which is still a record amount for the northerners. Now, after the West Midlands club decided to bring the Norwegian in permanently following 14 league goals last term, a nice amount has now been added to that.

Strand Larsen proved himself as a key cog in Vitor Pereira’s machine and ended the season with the most goals for Wolves from a Premier League debutant in history (since Raul Jimenez’s 2018-19 record of 13).

Wolves reportedly paid €27 million for Strand Larsen, who had a purchase option in his contract that would be automatically exercised under certain conditions. Since Groningen will share 15 per cent of the profit Celta makes on the Norwegian international, around €2 million will find the men in green with this new four-year deal.

Last season, as Voetbal International explain, millions also came to Euroborg, with Azor Matusiwa and Cyril Ngonge making spectacular transfers in the winter window.

“It’s nice to see that the players have developed further”, said former technical director Mark-Jan Fledderus, who arranged the resale percentages for the transfers. “It’s important for the club. They have benefited from it, especially in a difficult period.”

GBeNeFN | Max Bradfield