Wolves fans have lived through enough transfer window drama to know this much: whatever you choose, someone will hate it. That is why the Jorgen Strand Larsen question is so loaded.
On paper, the answer sounds simple. If a big bid arrives in January, you sell.
The problem is we are not going to get anywhere near the money that was on the table last summer. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but it is also selective. At that moment, with the deadline closing and no plan B striker lined up, cashing in could have looked like surrender. If Jeff Shi had sold then, the fanbase would have turned even more toxic than it already was. A club fighting for its life cannot sell hope without consequences.
What we have seen since is a forward who has really struggled without the right support. Strand Larsen is not the type to create something from nothing every week. He needs runners, service and confidence around him. Wolves have often lacked all three. That has left him feeding off scraps, chasing long balls and wearing the blame when chances are thin on the ground.
Even so, his FA Cup hat-trick was a timely reminder of why he is still a wanted man. There is a proper Premier League striker there, and plenty of clubs will back themselves to get more out of him in a better team.
Wolves should not blink first. If they sell in January, it has to be for a good price, because replacing a striker mid-season is expensive and risky.
But there is something Wolves simply cannot do. Selling to a relegation rival like West Ham or Nottingham Forest would be a mistake, and it would feel like the final nail in the coffin for any glimmer of survival hope. You cannot hand a direct competitor a forward who can swing tight games, then ask Molineux to believe you are still fighting.
So, keep him unless a good bid arrives from outside the scrap, with the money and the replacement already lined up. Anything else is just weakening ourselves twice over.
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