Jorgen Strand Larsen has already experienced some memorable moments in his first year as a Wolves player, and the Norwegian will hope to add even more now he is to remain permanently at Molineux until 2029.
364 days ago – one day shy of an exact year since he made Molineux his new home – Strand Larsen joined Wolves on loan from Celta Vigo, before going on to enjoy an incredible opening Premier League season.
To celebrate the striker becoming a permanent Wolves player, wolves.co.uk looks back at the best nine moments of the number nine’s first season in Old Gold.
#1 | Moving to Molineux
On 2nd July 2024, Strand Larsen made the move to England as he signed for Wolves on an initial season-long loan from Celta Vigo. The Norwegian arrived at Molineux on the back of an outstanding season in La Liga where he finished the campaign as his former team’s leading scorer and hitting a total of 13 goals in the Spanish top flight.
When he put pen-to-paper with the Old Gold last summer, Strand Larsen said: “It’s one of the best days in my life. I’m really happy to be here, to be able to sit here and look at the pitch that I’m going to be playing in the next years. I really like the way they want me in the squad and in the team, and I feel very comfortable coming here. From the very first second of coming into the training ground I’ve felt welcomed and warm, so it feels like I’ve made the right choice.”
#2 | A home goal scoring debut
Although Strand Larsen played a key role in Wolves’ pre-season tour of the United States, he was unable to find the net during the warm-up friendlies ahead of his debut Premier League campaign. The striker also came close to opening his account in the first game of the season away at Arsenal and would have found the net with a header just before half-time if not for an incredible David Raya stop.
However, the then-24-year-old did make his mark just a week later, when at home to Chelsea in his first competitive match at Molineux, Strand Larsen levelled the game up in first half added time. With Wolves trailing 2-1, Rayan Ait-Nouri’s free-kick was turned into his path by Toti’s header across the box, before the Norwegian stuck out one of his long legs to direct the ball into the opposite corner of the net. However, his joy was short-lived as Wolves would go on to lose the contest 6-2 after the break.
#3 | Five goals in seven
Unfortunately for Strand Larsen, his goalscoring antics during the first few months of last season more often than not came in the losing side, as despite finding the back of the net regularly, the Old Gold would succumb to concede more than their opponents. But during the course of September and October, the striker scored five goals in a seven game spell.
He found the net against Brentford, Manchester City and Crystal Palace as well as scoring his first brace in gold and black at home to AFC Bournemouth. However, only one of those goals would go on to earn Wolves a positive result, as Strand Larsen got his side back to 1-1 against Palace at Molineux with a tidy finish into the bottom corner. The contest ended with four goals shared between the two sides, as Wolves made it two draws on the bounce before claiming their first win the following week.
#4 | Extending Pereira’s unbeaten start
Although he endured a tough spell in front of goal throughout December, as Gary O’Neil was replaced as head coach by Vitor Pereira, Strand Larsen finished the calendar year with an important goal away at Tottenham Hotspur to extend the unbeaten start of the Portuguese head coach. Wolves had already claimed victories in Pereira’s first two matches away at Leicester City and home to Manchester United.
So when finding themselves 2-1 down away at Spurs on the final game of 2024, Wolves were indebted to the Norwegian late on. Having started a Premier League match on the bench for the first time in his Wolves career, Strand Larsen was able to prove his importance to the team as a half-time substitute. A goal behind with three minutes to go, he popped up with his seventh league goal of a debut campaign in England as he hit a fantastic strike from a narrow angle into the roof of the net to snatch a point for his side.
#5 | First goal in a victory
Strand Larsen had to wait until March to finally be able to call himself a match-winner for Wolves as the striker proved to be the difference on a visit to bottom of the table Southampton. The visitors were dominant throughout at St Mary’s, and the Norwegian struck either side of the break to secure an important three points for the men in gold and black.
His first came from a header inside the box, as Jean-Ricner Bellegarde was played into space down the right before curling a brilliant cross onto Strand Larsen’s head as he beat his man, as well as the goalkeeper, with his diverted effort. He made it two shortly after half-time when Marshall Munetsi and Bellegarde linked well either side of him before the latter played him into space just outside the opposition penalty area, and after composing himself, the number nine picked out the bottom corner with a delicate finish.
#6 | Consecutive Premier League match winners
That win at Southampton sparked Wolves into life and over the course of the next six matches, Pereira’s side were unstoppable – with Strand Larsen playing a huge role in making Old Gold history. He followed up his winner at St Mary’s with the only goal on a tight contest at Molineux against West Ham United, before becoming the first Wolves player in history to score in three consecutive Premier League wins at Ipswich Town.
Wolves found themselves behind on their travels to Portman Road, but after setting up Pablo Sarabia for the equalising goal, the Spaniard returned the favour for Strand Larsen with just minutes left on the clock to secure a 2-1 victory. The striker then extended his record to four match winners in a row during a goalfest at Molineux against Tottenham. Strand Larsen scored Wolves’ third – and the game’s fourth – of the afternoon as he was picked out by Ait-Nouri in the Spurs penalty area to tap the ball into an unguarded net, securing another three points for Wolves.
#7 | Player of the Month
Although he was unable to make it five winners in a row away at Manchester United the following weekend, Strand Larsen would go on to score another before April was out to help his side to a 3-0 win over Leicester City at Molineux. Scoring the second goal of the Old Gold’s trio, the striker had a perfectly-weighted pass played into his run by Matheus Cunha and after taking the ball in his stride, he calmly slotted the ball past Mads Hermansen in the Leicester goal to rack up his 13th of the season.
Thanks to that record of four goals in five games during the unbeatable spell, Strand Larsen was voted as Wolves’ SUDU Player of the Month for April. In the best statistical month ever for Wolves in the Premier League, the Norwegian topped the supporters’ poll for the most influential player. He claimed 54.2% of the public vote, ahead of Andre (15.7%) in second place and the joint-third duo of Joao Gomes and Emmanuel Agbadou (7.34%) – just reward for his impressive displays.
4️⃣ goals in 5️⃣ games 🇳🇴
— Wolves (@Wolves) May 9, 2025
You voted Jorgen Strand Larsen as your SUDU Player of the Month for April 🏆
#8 | Overtaking Jimenez
Those 13 goals matched Strand Larsen’s second season in Spain with Celta and his best return in La Liga, while it also matched a Wolves record which was set by Raul Jimenez in the 2018/19 season – who was also on loan at the time – for the most goals scored by a player making their debut campaign in gold and black. Jimenez also took 38 games to reach that feat, while Strand Larsen did it in 35 having missed two periods of the season with hamstring and groin issues.
But the Norwegian wasn’t done yet and with a goal on the final away game of the season away at Crystal Palace, he would go on to overtake Jimenez’s tally and set the record for himself. The legendary Mexican striker went on to notch 17 in his first season as a permanent Wolves player the year after, and if the same were to occur for Strand Larsen this coming year, the Norwegian will surely go down as one of the great Old Gold strikers of recent times.
#9 | Best league scoring season of his career
In his Summer Special which was published recently on wolves.co.uk, Strand Larsen revealed that his target this season was to score 15 goals as that would have marked his greatest goalscoring return of his entire career. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be, and a blank in the final game of the season at home to Brentford meant that he finished the year with 14 goals to his name.
However, that was still an incredible tally for his first season in English football, and it also matched the best league scoring season of his career. That record was set back in 2021/22 and his second year at Groningen in the Eredivisie, as Strand Larsen top scored for the Dutch outfit to lead them to a 12th placed finish and earned him his move to Celta just a few months later.
