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Tottenham Hotspur manager, Antonio Conte, has developed a reputation for taking unfancied players and turning them into formidable weapons.
Now, according to Fabrizio Romano (January 18th), Spurs are keen on adding Wolverhampton Wanderers winger Adama Traore to their squad in this transfer window.
The Spanish international is one of the quickest players globally and has an incredible physique, but he severely lacks end product.
So far this season, in 19 games, he has scored just one goal in the Premier League and provided no assists.
Now, assists can be a harsh way to judge a player because the player in question relies on his teammate to finish a chance off.
Therefore, a much better way to judge a player's impact is to look at chance creation.
Here we can see that Traore has made 0.5 crosses per game and 0.9 key passes per game, which for a player of his undoubted quality in a Wolves team playing well under Bruno Lage, isn't good enough (WhoScored).
However, if Spurs were to make a suitable offer for Traore and bring him to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, I can see him becoming the new Victor Moses or Ashley Young.
Both became fantastic under Conte's guidance, and Traore has all the raw attributes to become a world-class right-wing-back.
Just imagine his searing pace combined with Heung-min Son and Harry Kane; he could become absolutely lethal.
Moses scored eight goals during Conte's time at Stamford Bridge, and he scored some crucial goals during the 2016/17 season, which ended in the Blues lifting the Premier League trophy (Transfermarkt).
I would argue that Traore has more natural ability than Moses, so Conte could finally be the one to unlock his potential.
However, before we can think about that, Spurs need to back their manager and add him to Conte's squad