Friday, March 29

Adama Traoré signs his return to Barça


OR Adama Traore He has evolved a lot as a footballer or Barça has experienced a strong regression or both at the same time, but the fact is that seven years later the reunion between the winger and the Barça club takes place. The then young winger left born in L’Hospitalet at the age of 19 and he reappears with 26, more stocky, and with a solid career on his back in the Premier League (Aston Villa, to which he was transferred in 2015 for 10 million plus 2 in variables, Middlesbrough and Wolverhampton).

He wore the 27th and the 28th and now will wear number 11, which belonged until December to Yusuf Demir. Adama has been training with the team for several days and is fit, eager to run down the right wing at Camp Nou again. “I hope that from Sunday I can show all my talent on the pitch,” says the footballer, on loan until June 30. Barça has a non-mandatory purchase option.

Barça had the option of buying him back for three years when Villa was there, but the team did not present such hardships as the current ones. He then had a forward formed by Messi, Suárez and Neymar. He now he needs you. “It is exciting that a player trained at La Masia is returning at a time when we are trying to rebuild the club and re-emerge with a competitive team”, said Joan Laporta, who presided over the presentation accompanied by Jordi Cruyff, director of scouting, replacing Mateu Alemany, absent for family reasons.

“Changed yes you have changed, it shows that you have worked,” Laporta snapped smiling at Adama, alluding to his pronounced muscles. He was forced to cultivate his physique to withstand the demanding pace of the Premier League, full of transitions.

“We have signed three vertical players, with dribbles and goals” interceded Jordi Cruyff. Three strikers from England: Ferran Torres played for Manchester City, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was the rebel star at Arsenal and Adama was a winger for Wolves.

“The situation now is very different from that of December and we start the second round with many more options for the coach, added Jordi, before acknowledging that the left-back position, weak with the only presence of Jordi Alba, will not be corrected until the summer market Barça’s priority was the attack.

In that sense, Adama has already specified that “I have never played as a right back”, although he has done so in other demarcations. “I have also played as a lane, but never as a winger,” said the former Wolverhampton player.

four matches

Adama played two games under the command of Gerardo Martino in the 13-14 campaign. Two 8-minute appearances in four days, between November 23 and 26, against Granada at home (4-0) and in Amsterdam against Ajax (2-1 loss) in the Champions League. Messi and Cuenca had been injured, and Tata only had Tello, Pedro and Neymar. Xavi, from a penalty, his coach, scored the goal of honor.

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Adama played two more games the following season, with Louis Henry. Two Cup, in the first two qualifiers. The first leg was resolved (0-4) in Huesca, the winger played the second leg (8-1) and scored a goal. In the next round, Barça eliminated Elche at the Camp Nou (5-0) and Adama participated in the second win (0-4) playing as a starter up front along with Munir and Pedro. There he finished fleeting stage de Adama, fired by Luis Enrique from Barça and who, however, recovered him for the Spanish selection, in which he has accumulated 8 appearances since his debut in October 2020 against Portugal.




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