Reliable West Ham United insider ExWHUemployee has delivered his verdict on a possible move for struggling Wolverhampton Wanderers star Adama Traore.
Moyes claims West Ham owners told him they will help in window on one condition
Traore was on fire last season and finally looked to have realised his potential at Wolves.
Traore’s blistering pace and strength was starting to be allied to goals and assists.
For West Ham, Traore’s rise to prominence was galling.
Traore’s rise to prominence was galling for West Ham who could have signed him for £5m
Back in June 2018, with Traore struggling to impress for Middlesbrough in the Championship – a familiar tale from his time at Aston Villa – the star was once again linked with a move to West Ham.
It was literally a footnote on The Daily Mail’s transfer story about Traore’s then Boro teammate Ben Gibson.
Interest in Traore was nothing new, though. He had been linked with West Ham for the two previous transfer windows back to the summer of 2017.
West Ham insider ExWHUemployee revealed the Hammers had ‘re-opened’ negotiations with Boro for Traore back in January of that year.
Some West Ham fans questioned the wisdom of signing a player who had flopped at Aston Villa and Boro.
Others pointed to his raw potential and the fact Traore came through the Barcelona academy system.
For the reported £5million fee being negotiated, plenty felt it would be a bargain buy for West Ham.
The Wolves winger was linked with a big money move to Liverpool. But in the end the Reds signed his teammate Diogo Jota instead.
Struggling winger looking for a move away after being consigned to Wolves bench role – claims transfer insider
It has been downhill for Traore ever since. He has played in just half of Wolves’s games so far. And he has been consigned to a role on the bench for all seven appearances.
The former West Ham target has no goals or assists so far this season either.
Transfer insider Graeme Bailey, who writes for the likes of The Mirror, claims Traore is ‘ready to leave Wolves in January as he becomes increasingly frustrated with life at Molineux’.
The problems stem from Traore’s refusal to sign a new deal, according to Bailey.
And the self-styled transfer insider says a host of clubs are interested.
A fan put the claims to Hammers insider ExWHUemployee, asking whether West Ham would be in for Traore.
‘Host of clubs interested’ but ExWHUemployee casts doubt on any possible move to West Ham
But Ex is doubtful over any prospect of a move due to West Ham’s limited transfer budget and the fact they already have Jarrod Bowen on the right wing.
“I doubt it because of his position and cost but we have been keen in the past,” ExWHUemployee responded to a hopeful West Ham fan.
David Moyes told the press after West Ham’s defeat to Chelsea on Monday that he needs to find his new Marko Arnautovic or Michail Antonio – wingers he converted into strikers.
And some West Ham fans hoped he might be able to do a similar job on Traore.
But that one seems to have been put to bed by ExWHUemployee.
Everyone is saying the same thing about Sebastien Haller after West Ham’s defeat to Chelsea
Receive a digest of our best West Ham content each week direct to your mailbox
