Adama Traore still an option for Leeds

Leeds United may nonetheless launch a transfer for Adama Traore this summer time…

What’s the phrase?

That’s based on switch insider Dean Jones, who delivered an replace to GIVEMESPORT this week.

“They’re clearly different gamers too, however Adama Traore is on the record and the important thing factor to recollect is that Victor Orta loves Adama Traore,” the Eurosport journalist claimed.

“He has needed him within the door for ages, in order that one is certainly nonetheless alive.”

The Spain worldwide is again at Premier League rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers after a mortgage spell at boyhood membership FC Barcelona through the second half of the 2021/22 marketing campaign. They have not triggered their possibility to purchase clause.

It stays to be seen how a lot Traore would command, although £18m has been advised by some stories.

Is Traore a superb alternative for Raphinha?

Lengthy admired

With Raphinha likely to depart Elland Street earlier than subsequent month’s return to motion, a brand new winger will definitely be atop Orta and Jesse Marsch’s purchasing record.

Given the Spaniard’s long-standing curiosity in his fellow countryman, it could not be a shock to see Leeds make their transfer within the coming weeks.

The 26-year-old has racked up 160 appearances within the English prime flight throughout spells at Wolves, Aston Villa and Middlesbrough, so there’s no denying that he’d add baggage of expertise, although his finish product has at all times been questionable with solely eight targets and 16 assists in that point, by way of Transfermarkt.

Though, it’s exhausting to make a case in opposition to the eight-cap powerhouse being something however a menace, given the reward he’s acquired in current seasons.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp seems to be a giant fan, as soon as describing him as “unplayable.” Reds skipper Jordan Henderson has additionally echoed comparable sentiments, claiming that “he’s tough to play in opposition to” as a result of he’s “very powerful, robust, highly effective, fast.”

Over in Spain, Barcelona boss Xavi dubbed him a “monster” and a “beast.”

Whether or not Traore is the precise signing or not stays to be seen, however given the continued curiosity in his providers, it does seem as if Raphinha’s days are numbered in west Yorkshire.

Chelsea, Arsenal and the aforementioned LaLiga giants are battling it out for his signature, so it may very well be a matter of time earlier than we see the Brazilian depart.

Traore may effectively be a viable goal to succeed him, because of this.

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