Proves how little you know if you have never seen him play from the left, and even if the played on the right have Salah not played trough the middle before or on the right himself?
And It is fun that you chose to believe what you read in the paper about Conte,Traore and the whole wing back thing because it suits the narrative you want to paint and when it does not you don't believe what you read in said papers 🙄
I like him, you don't; that's fine
Narrative????
I’m not even sure you comprehend what the word means.
Traore has primarily played as a right winger or wing back and Conte is known to favour 352/532 systems that utilises wing backs - where the fuck do you think Conte intends to deploy Traore if he signs him.
That’s not a “narrative” - it’s a statement of the bleeding obvious that only you could possibly miss.
I’m sure Traore has filled in other positions - although he appears to have been equally inept in them.
so.. here’s what you seemingly want to do - move the best right-sided attacker in the world from the position he’s most successfully deployed in, to accommodate Adama Traore.
Really.
The whole fucking point of having Salah in your team is that he delivers so much from the right side - it’s akin to that stupid argument that pops up about moving Trent into a CM position and thinking that he’ll continue to be as productive there despite the fact he’ll have less space and time and that whoever replaces him on the right will get anywhere close to replicating what he delivers from there.
Traore is fast, strong and good at dribbling - that’s not enough - he doesn’t have the quality or end product to be a great asset to us - we know this because his stats for an attacker are fucking awful.
Actually if you compare his goal scoring stats to the current Liverpool squad - he’d be returning roughly as many goals as you’d expect our main CB’s to deliver.
Jota, Mane and Salah were bought precisely because they’re intelligent, flexible and clinical - they had the skills base, proven by their actual stats - they were outliers in key metrics that Klopp and his team look at.
Traore’s key stat is dribbles - that’s it… which look great, but it’s like wanting to sign someone because they’re great at nutmegs… it mostly fucking pointless.
I can only assume you’re the sort of person that likes things because they look pretty - rather than they’re any good.
I can see why Conte would like him - he fits the type is system he prefers (I repeat this is not a narrative - it’s just reality) - his strong running from deep, where he could get up a head of steam and his ability to get up and down the pitch quickly - given Conte prefers counter-attacking as well, makes sense.
Again - he’s wholly unsuited to what we need… if you need proof… we’re currently bemoaning how shit Mane is and how much he’s dropped off…. Despite the fact he’s already scored the same amount of Premier League goals this season that Traore’s scored in his entire Premier League career with Wolves…. Of 128 appearances.
8 goals in 128 games - let that sink in.
