Jorgen Strand Larsen has backed his fellow Norwegian and new Wolves signing David Moller Wolfe to provide assists for the Old Gold’s attacking department from left-wing-back this coming season.
The 23-year-old has become the club’s latest new signing, joining from AZ Alkmaar on the back of 11 goal involvements last season, and will reunite with his international teammate Strand Larsen.
The striker discussed his influence on the move with wolves.co.uk, having also helped Fer Lopez to Wolves, and believes the new arrival will suit both the Premier League and Vitor Pereira’s Old Gold system.
On reuniting with Wolfe
“Maybe I should start working as an agent. It’s really nice, I’m glad he's here. He’s obviously a good friend of mine from the national team, he spoke to me a lot before coming here. He's been wanting to come here for a while now, and I'm glad it's done, and we can start working, because we still have some time before the first game of season.”
On the conversations with Wolfe
“He knew about the interest for quite a long period, but then obviously he wants to be sure. I've been lucky to be in that situation, so now I can help both him and Fer to make decisions, and the same with Arias coming, talking with Andre and Yerson. I think that's good, that we give some confidence to players that want to come.
“Obviously, Wolves is a big club, but when you want to make a change of club, you need to be 100 per cent sure. I think that's made the choice easier for them and made them want to come even more. So, I'm happy we're still getting players in because we need to be really ready when the season starts in a few weeks.”
On the type of player to expect
“He's a really, really physical guy. Quite tall – obviously he's Norwegian, so that's how we are built. But he's a tall left-back, runs up and down the wing, wants to give crosses, really physical, hard to beat one against one defensively. He likes to play with the wingers, one-twos. A really good, young, talented player.
“Obviously, we have a lot of them already here, but I think he might give us something different to what we have already at wing-back. He is probably more physical than the rest and he will come here and give his all from the first minute, because he's a hard worker like myself, and he just wants to come here and prove that he's good enough.”
On providing assists for attackers
“Both him and Fer know that when they come here, OK, I helped them as an agent, but they know where the crosses need to go. I think that's good for me too, because obviously last year I had a really good connection with a few of the players who have left – Nelson, Rayan, Cunha, Pablo all gave me assists in the season.
“So, definitely we need to find players that can continue to do it. I think we are now building a really good team where we have loads of quality behind me as a striker, Sasa, ‘Channy’, we have really good number 10s and wing backs that can give us loads of assists hopefully.”
On the fitting into the group
“His English is good. He’s been living abroad for a few years now, playing in Holland. We're not from the same area, but I’ve always known who is, and we played together in the last two years with the national team. I know him really well, so I'll take care of him, but he will fit in here very well. He has a good sense of humour, so that'll be good for him.”
On helping him settle in
“The first bit of coming to new clubs is getting settled in with all the new stuff. Playing football is what you're comfortable at, but then it's all the other things, finding a new house, driving on the other side of the road, living in a foreign country, everything that comes with it. So, hopefully he can use the next week now to get that done and then focus on the football stuff.”
