Sources: Everton make move to sign Adama Traore after Wolves update

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06 Jun 2022, 6:56 am

Everton have registered their interest in signing Adama Traore from Wolves this summer, Football Insider has learned.

This site revealed on 20 April that Traore, 26, has been targeted by Everton as a potential replacement for Richarlison if he leaves.and updated on 4 May that Barcelona had decided not to pursue a permanent deal after his loan.

A recruitment source has told Football Insider that Everton remain interested in Traore and are keeping close tabs on his situation.

Director of football Kevin Thelwell is a big admirer of Traore and lured him to Wolves as a club-record signing in 2018.

The Midlands outfit are willing to sell the forward this summer as they look to raise cash for other signings.

A bid of around £20million is likely to be enough to seal a deal, although Everton could open the bidding lower than that.

Barcelona had an option to make their January loan transfer permanent in the summer but opted not to trigger it.

That is a boost to Everton, whose new director of football Thelwell was announced in January.

He knows Traore inside out, and believes his pace out wide could offer a new dimension to an attack that struggled so badly in the recently-completed domestic season.

The Spain international has struggled to recapture the form of his outstanding 2019-20 campaign, when he scored six goals and weighed in with 12 assists.

The forward was in and out of the Wolves starting XI in the first half of last season, before joining Barcelona in January.

He has a contract at Molineux that runs until the summer of 2023.

In other news, Everton could finalise £40m transfer after new update.

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