Barcelona B winger Adama Traore is on his way to Liverpool for a medical and negotiate terms on joining the Reds, according to reports.
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The story was first reported by more dubious sources earlier in the day, but now Spanish media outlet Sport claim that Adama trained with the Barcelona B team on Monday morning before boarding a plane for England a few hours later.
Sport expect the transfer to go through, subject to a medical, though it’s unsure whether Liverpool are to meet a buyout clause in Adama’s contract, or negotiate a lower fee.
Update: Fabrizio Romano has now reported this too:
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/628250902391074817
Adama, primarily a right winger, has made just one appearance in La Liga for Barcelona’s first-team — a late substitute in a 4-0 win against Granada in November 2013 when he was still just 17-years-old.
Just three days later Adama made his Champions League debut, playing the final eight minutes in a 2-1 defeat to Ajax.
The news of Adama being linked to Liverpool was first reported by respected Spanish broadcaster Gerard Romero last week.
El Liverpool ha arribat aquest matí a Barcelona per demanar la cessió d'Adama Traoré al conjunt anglès #frac1 #mercato
— Gerard Romero (@gerardromero) July 30, 2015
Whether the speculation and reports in Spain are true remains to be seen, but Adama is highly rated in Spain and could prove to be a bright signing for Liverpool’s future.
The Reds have invested in youth elsewhere this summer, with 20-year-old Divock Origi and 18-year-old Joe Gomez arriving to challenge for first-team places and the academy signings of Allan Rodrigues de Souza, Bobby Adekanye and Brooks Lennon.
