“He is a complete winger”

Come on Traore This is, so far, the only signing that Real have made for next season. His arrival was a surprise. a day after Robert Olabe appeared in the media to analyze the news of the blue and white team, the txuri urdin entity made official the arrival of the international from Mali to strengthen the right back, a demarcation that was discussed last year since both gorosabel as Alex Sola they don’t end up offering performance guarantees. Furthermore, on many occasions the Imanol Bailiff was forced to be used Aritz Elustondo to play on the right. So, Real’s sports management considered it necessary to reinforce this demarcation and the choice was none other than Come on Traore“an institution” at Rennes in Ligue 1.

Real’s only addition to date has been announced at Stade Reims, a team where they were promoted to the French first team in 2018. His performance earned him a move to Stade de Rennes, where he won a cup of France in 2019 and a qualification for the Champions League in 2020. “It has become real, I wouldn’t say a legend, but an institution,” he told this newspaper Andres Onrubia, journalist and great connoisseur of the French Ligue 1. Six years during which he was also the captain of Rennes. “He is a winger with experience and very complete in general terms”, highlights the well-known informant, who considers Traoré as a “physical marvel”. He maintains that “he keeps reaching the bottom line. He is a winger who in the race has a very good pass that reaches the baseline”. But it is also “in defense he steals a lot of balls. At the defensive level he has a high percentage of steals”, he highlights. So, “he is a player who can provide a way for Real”. In Onrubia’s opinion, the “only but” he puts into his playing style is “it’s not time”. And he explained: “He always wanted to play forward.”

Also, he is an important footballer for getting his team out on the ball. “In the last two seasons we have seen him get inside, release the ball as a false midfielder and that also speaks very well of his technical quality”, put forward the journalist, speaking of Traoré as “one of the best wingers” of the French league for the past five years. He is not without reason considering the list of teams interested in acquiring his services. PSG tried him, even Barça of Xavi Hernandez took interest in him last season. So, Onrubia considers him a “top signing” of Real. “He is a full-back with a lot of experience”, added the journalist, with Traoré having no problem adapting to Real Sociedad.

No adaptation problems

In this sense, he estimates that “the Spanish League, in terms of speed, is inferior to the French. For me, a competition, the Spanish, that as soon as a physical level player arrives, he stands out -tangi”. And he gives as examples Enzo Loiodice in Las Palmas, Jeremy Mellot in Tenerife or Malsa in Mirandés, who he comes from the third French. “They all completely imposed themselves. There will not be any problem in that sense”, said Onrubia, knowing that “any physical player who reaches the Spanish league knows how to prevail”, he clarified it.

So things, Come on Traore He is not the typical defender of a life, who only dedicates himself to defense. Quite the opposite. You also don’t have to look too far back to see him become an offensive dagger, crucial to his team’s success against the mighty PSG. Five months ago, Rennes beat them 1-0 with a goal from Real’s new player. “We are talking about a player with projection in the attack. It is constantly integrated. He is a very aggressive player, with impulses”, confirmed Onrubia, but this push is sometimes he makes a mistake. “I remember a match against Fenerbahce in the Europa League. Rennes won 2-0, they fired Traoré and in the end the Turkish team ends up drawing”. He ensures, in this sense, that Real signs an “aggressive full-back, both in defense and in attack. He is a very complete footballer”.

of which there is no doubt Andres Onrubia It is owned by Traoré in the Real. “They didn’t sign him to be a replacement,” he estimated. “He is a footballer who, with the experience he has, the rhythm, those qualities, those skills, will dominate from the first minute,” he warned. Then, obviously, anything can happen, but the journalist understands that his signing is “a total success of Real’s sports management.” Not only because of the sporting performance he can give but because “suddenly clubs in Europe wanted him”. What is clear to him is that Real, after his signing, “will make a qualitative leap in defense.