"Of course" - Vitor Pereira gives defiant answer on future of Wolves striker

Newcastle United have had two bids rejected for the Norwegian already and are still keen on securing his signature before Monday's 7pm deadline.

Larsen has agreed personal terms with Newcastle and informed Wolves of his desire to make the move, but club chairman Jeff Shi has been firm that the striker is not for sale. 

The forward did not play in Wolves' loss to Everton but Pereira maintains he is injured.

When asked if he expects Larsen to be a Wolves player after the window closes, Pereira said: "Of course, of course

"Jorgen got a kick on his achilles tendon in the game against Bournemouth and he tried to help us in the last game, but the level of the inflammation increased.

"It means he had an MRI and he has something there, not serious, but it's a big risk if he plays today."

Wolves fans made their feelings known during the second half at Molineux on Saturday by chanting against Shi and owners Fosun and also repeating 'back the team or sell the club'.

The club are working on a new forward - with a deal agreed for Genk's Tolu Arokodare - and also a new midfielder before the window closes.

And Pereira refused to be publicly critical of Fosun, but admitted he is also 'suffering' with the fans with Wolves' current state.

"They are trying to help the team and I hope they can add at least two players to help us, because we need more solutions, especially in attack," Pereira said.

"When our striker is out, we have Sasa (Kalajdzic) and he created an impact in the game, but he's come from a long injury and can play 15 or 20 minutes.

"It means we need someone, a solution in attack and in my opinion we need a solution in midfield, because we need to put competition in our midfielders.

"I understand the supporters, but I am suffering with them. Something that puts me in a bad mood more than the result is when I don't see my team playing in the way we are working.

"This is something we need to change, we need to be stronger mentally."

Wolves have made five signings so far this summer, but all five of them came from abroad with no Premier League experience.

That has shown with some disappointing performances across the board - in particularly from forward Jhon Arias who has so far struggled to adapt to English football in the opening three Premier League games.

Pereira believes the new signings need patience due to their lack of English top flight experience, but hopes their quality will eventually shine through.

"We brought players from different leagues," Pereira said.

"The Premier League is different, the time that you have to decide, the physicality in the duels, the intensity of the game.

"If you bring a player from other leagues, from other countries, it's normal that they suffer a bit and they struggle a bit.

"I don't know the time they need, maybe two months to adapt.

"We are dealing with this, because we have quality but it's quality at another pace.

"We need time and to work hard to correct this."