Adama Traore seals dramatic return to former membership Barcelona after rejecting Antonio Conte's Tottenham - with the Spanish giants signing him on mortgage with a £30million possibility to purchase
- Adama Traore has accomplished a mortgage transfer to Barcelona from Wolves
- Tottenham had been eager on the Spain worldwide and made an official provide
- However 26-year-old was not bought on taking part in proper wing-back for Antonio Conte
- Traore performed simply 4 video games for Barcelona in his first spell however now returns
Adama Traore has accomplished his transfer to Barcelona from Wolves on an preliminary mortgage till the tip of the season.
The explosive 26-year-old winger got here via the Spanish giants' academy and has now returned to the Nou Camp on a mortgage cope with a £30million possibility to purchase.
Antonio Conte's Tottenham had been eager to signal the Spaniard from Wolves to make him a proper wing-back and made an official £15m provide but it surely was knocked again.
Barcelona have now swooped in and have introduced the return of the Spain worldwide after he had a medical in Catalonia on Friday.
The Catalans introduced Traore's return with a video of the participant taking a look at varied photographs of himself taking part in for the membership's well-known La Masia academy, earlier than asserting 'I've returned, culers.'
Traore - whose wages can be paid by Barcelona - can be offered as a brand new member of Xavi's squad on Wednesday behind closed doorways.
Wolves' technical director, Scott Sellars, in the meantime mentioned: 'Adama has all the time acted with the utmost professionalism, nevertheless it's no secret that we now have not been in a position to agree a brand new contract with him, regardless of protracted negotiations, and his want in the mean time is to play soccer elsewhere.
'Everybody is aware of Barcelona is a metropolis, and membership, very near Adama's coronary heart, so it's a dream transfer for him. We now have additionally agreed a really wholesome possibility within the deal ought to Barcelona want to make the transfer everlasting this summer season.
'We want Adama the perfect of luck in Spain, and hope that he performs repeatedly, has nice success and exhibits everybody what he's able to.'
Traore scored one aim in simply 4 appearances for Barcelona's first crew earlier than he joined Aston Villa forward of the 2015-16 season.
He additionally loved two years at Middlesbrough earlier than signing for Wolves, for whom he has scored 11 objectives in 154 video games.
Spain worldwide Traore has performed 25 instances for membership and nation this season, scoring as soon as.
The transfer can be a blow for Spurs and Conte, with the Italian coach desperately searching for reinforcements earlier than the January switch window ends.
There was a sense at Spurs that they might get him for round £20m as Traore's contract expires on the finish of subsequent season and Spurs believed that they had sufficient leverage to safe a lower cost.
Spurs additionally tried to persuade Wolves to allow them to have Traore on mortgage with an obligation to purchase completely in the summertime, however that did not show profitable.