Darren Bent has tipped Tottenham Hotspur to sign Adama Traore from Wolves after his impressive showing against the club at the weekend, per Football Insider.
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Traore scored a superb goal against Spurs in his side’s 2-1 defeat at Molineux and tormented left-back Jan Vertonghen throughout the 90 minutes.
Per WhoScored, he completed five dribbles and had three shots on goal as Nuno Espirito Santo’s side were narrowly beaten.
Football Insider have previously reported that Spurs’ players urged boss Jose Mourinho to sign the winger and Bent believes he would be an excellent acquisition.
He said: “As a squad player, he’d be brilliant, get him in there.
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“But for someone like Adama Traore, I think he is good at what he does, he’s unstoppable at times.
“But I think those unstoppable times are too few and far between.
“I can’t remember him having a string of 10-games-in-a-row where he is the best player on the pitch, and that’s the consistency he needs to show.
“Every time he gets on the ball, he has the ability to run past his opponents at will, but he doesn’t seem to do that.
“So for me, I think he could go to Spurs or someone like that, and Mourinho could potentially make him better.”
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Bench option
Traore would be a fearsome option off the bench.
If Spurs are struggling to find a way through a team, bringing the ex-Barcelona youngster on for the final 20 minutes of a game would terrify the opposition.
Indeed, Traore has the perfect cocktail of a remarkably muscular physique, genuine pace and an unerring eye for goal, as he showed against Spurs.
Bent is perhaps right that he has struggled to blend it together into a consistent output – he has scored five goals in 62 outings for Wolves – but a move to a club like Spurs could well unlock his potential.
Mourinho, after all, has brought Lucas Moura back into the fold and allowed him to thrive; he loves a tricky, pacy winger, just as Traore is.
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