Wolves reject £50m Newcastle bid for Strand Larsen

Wolves have rejected a £50m bid from Newcastle for Jorgen Strand Larsen. Wolves’ position is that he is not for sale in this window. They believe he is too important and the lack of time left in the window is not enough to find a Premier League-ready replacement. Wolves exercised their option to buy Strand Larsen on July 1 from Celta Vigo for £23m, after the 25-year-old Norway international spent last season at Molineux on loan.

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United held to draw by Fulham as Fernandes misses penalty

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes was left to count the cost of his missed first-half penalty as Emile Smith Rowe earned Fulham a point at Craven Cottage. Fernandes must have thought his blushes would be spared by Leny Yoro’s deflected and contentious second-half header that put United ahead and officially went down as a Rodrigo Muniz own goal.

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