On January 8, Beijing time, according to Spain's "Daily Sports" reported that if Dembele does not choose to renew his contract, Barca will consider signing Traore from Wolves. Dembele's contract extension with Barca has not progressed, and the French winger wants to get a huge annual salary of 43 million euros, which must be something that Barca cannot agree to. Now that Barca are struggling to ride the tiger, in the absence of sufficient funds, Harvey can only focus on Traore.
No money, no succumb to Dembele's blackmail. Barca's patience with Dembele has reached its limit, knowing that it is a loss, but Barca will not accede to Dembele's request. In fact, Dembele has not lived up to the expectations of the fans, but the Barca executives are unwilling to believe that this is a failure, so much so that they are expecting Dembele to return to the top from beginning to end. It turns out that the Barça hierarchy has consumed a lot of money and wasted time, and this is really a failed transfer.
Traore came from Barca's academy and moved to Aston Villa and Middlesbrough, now in his fourth season with Wolves. Over the past few seasons, Traore has been the Premier League's terrifying winger, and his speed and breakthrough have impressed fans. Last season, Traore became the king of the five major leagues, with 180 passes in one season. However, this season, Traore's efficiency has plummeted, and the data of 0 goals and 0 assists is really hot.
Traore and Dembele, the two can be described as half a pound, so why are Barca still eyeing the Premier League fast horse? One reason mentioned earlier is that Barca do not have sufficient funds to find better players in the transfer market. Secondly, after the arrival of Xavi, he focused on building a group led by Spanish players. In addition, Trincon may be added to the deal so that Barca can ease the financial pressure.
Although Wolves' asking price for Traore is only £20 million, Barca may not be able to easily buy the player as the Red and Blues face competition from Tottenham. According to British media reports, the Tottenham boss is very fond of Traore, and Spurs is bound to fully support Conte. Once Tottenham raise the offer, then Barca will be overwhelmed, after all, the high price becomes meaningless.
From a big picture perspective, Traore is difficult to be the savior of Barca because his goal efficiency is too low. But there is no way to do it, after all, after Dembele left, Barca had to make reinforcements. Barca fans don't have much expectation of this: how about the first place, it is not useless, the goal is not a 0. Besides, Harvey's main tiki taka, is Traore really suitable?