Why Liverpool signing Adama Traore would be a waste of money
According to Sport Witness (h/t Daily Star), Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp wants Adama Traore at the club. He has made his demands known to the club and they should do everything to bring the Wolves star to Anfield.
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A youth product of Barcelona, Adama Traore featured mainly for the reserves and made only four first-team appearances before moving to England with Aston Villa in 2015. He scored just once in 11 outings as the Villans suffered relegation from the Premier League at the end of the 2015-16 season.
Traore was snapped up by newly-promoted Middlesbrough in the summer of 2016 but he once again struggled to make a big impact and suffered relegation from the top-flight for the second successive campaign. The wing wizard, though, tormented defences for fun in the Championship, registering 5 goals and 10 assists in 36 appearances during the 2017-18 season.
The 24-year-old’s impressive debut season in the second-tier paved the way for a move back to the Premier League with newly-promoted Wolves in the summer of 2018. Traore once again struggled to deliver on his potential in the top-flight, starting just 8 PL games in 2018-19 and scoring just once in 36 appearances across all competitions (source – Transfermarkt).
However, he enjoyed a complete u-turn of fortunes at Molineux last term and showed massive improvement in terms of his end product in the final third.
The right-footed trickster went on to plunder an impressive 6 goals and 12 assists in 54 appearances across all competitions last season as Wolves finished 7th in the Premier League and made it to the quarter-final of the Europa League. He recently made his bow for Spain’s national team.
Liverpool don’t need Traore
While the above statement might seem misleading, what it means is that Liverpool don’t need Adama Traore right now. The Reds boast one of the best attacking units in world football with Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah.
Since 2017, they have been in sublime form contributing to Liverpool’s success in 2019 and 2020. They show no signs of slowing down anytime soon which throws the question do they even need Traore.
A right winger by trade, he would be directly competing with Salah for a spot in the team. For all the pace and power Traore has, he is still unlikely to displace someone like Salah from the team. The Egyptian is their chief goal threat. It is also expected that Traore would like to be a starter instead of cameos from the bench.
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Therefore, Liverpool would be wasting their resources if they were to bring in Adama Traore at this point of time.
