West Ham United are set to finish the switch of Fulham ahead Adama Traoré in January, in response to Spanish outlet AS.
Traoré has skilled a topsy-turvy surge since serving to Middlesbrough attain the Premier League, with spells at Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Fulham shaping his journey.
His standout chapter got here beneath Nuno Espírito Santo at Wolves, the place a blistering run of type briefly made him one of many division’s most harmful extensive gamers.
The 29-year-old, valued at £5m by Transfermarkt, additionally hung out on mortgage at Barcelona, although a everlasting return to his boyhood membership by no means materialised.
Since arriving at Fulham, the Spain worldwide has recorded 17 objective contributions in 75 appearances, scoring 4 instances and offering 13 assists.
Whereas consistency has typically eluded him, Traoré’s pace and dribbling stay main weapons, explaining why Marco Silva often turns to him to vary video games, highlighted by his 251 minutes’ price of cameo appearances within the Premier League this season.
Now, West Ham have been eyeing reinforcements in assault, with Nuno personally ‘pushing’ the membership’s hierarchy to signal Traoré, in response to a report through Soccer Discuss in October.
It seems a deal has now been struck, as AS claims that Traoré is about to maneuver to the London Stadium to affix West Ham after Nuno particularly requested his signature.
The report provides that the Hammers have provided the Spaniard a two-and-a-half-year contract starting in January, with the ahead set to affix the membership ‘instantly’.
Traore to West Ham
The previous Nottingham Forest boss believes Traoré’s arrival will assist flip the tide on the membership within the second half of the season of their combat to outlive relegation, in response to the report.
West Ham have noticeably lacked tempo this season, an issue that has turn out to be extra evident following Mohammed Kudus’ transfer to Tottenham Hotspur in the summertime.
Nuno demonstrated final 12 months at Forest how essential pace is to his strategy, matching his earlier seventh-place finishes from 2019 and 2020 with a system constructed round fast, direct extensive gamers. Anthony Elanga and Callum Hudson-Odoi thrived beneath him, completely becoming the attacking type he calls for.
In consequence, the approaching arrival of Traoré may show essential within the Hammers’ combat in opposition to relegation, with the winger nicely suited to the supervisor’s type of play.
Together with his switch reportedly accomplished, the Hammers nonetheless require reinforcement in different areas, notably on the backline, if they’re to mount a powerful comeback within the second half of the season.
