{"id":617856,"date":"2022-09-17T04:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=617856"},"modified":"2022-09-16T20:32:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T00:32:48","slug":"everton-adama-traore-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/17\/everton-adama-traore-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton Set to Make Transfer Bid for Adama Traore in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/06\/everton-amadou-onana-transfer-lille\/\" target=\"_self\">Everton<\/a> are ready to make a transfer bid for Ferencvaros winger Adama Traore ahead of the January transfer window, <a href=\"https:\/\/m.calciomercato.com\/news\/everton-piace-un-esterno-del-mali-40501\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to Calciomercato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Everton Set to Explore Move for Adama Traore in January<\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/IrishSunSport\/status\/1569355321948217345?t=krCq5CzSCgDKrxApkGL59w&#038;s=19<\/p>\n<h3>Interest in Adama Traore<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.calciomercato.com\/news\/everton-piace-un-esterno-del-mali-40501\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00adAccording to Calciomercato<\/a>, Everton are now showing an interest in Malian forward Adama Traore following the forward&#8217;s prolific start to life with Ferencvaros, as the Toffees take an early look toward the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/03\/liverpool-lineup-predictions-merseyside-derby-22\/\" target=\"_self\">Everton<\/a> are preparing to launch a bid for the free-scoring winger as Frank Lampard seeks to bolster his attacking options with Everton still lacking support in wide areas to support Demarai Gray, Anthony Gordon, and Dwight McNeil.<\/p>\n<p>The Malian forward has had a prolific start to the season with Ferencvaros in Hungary, having joined the team over the summer from Sheriff Tiraspol in Moldova. Traore has made 14 appearances for the Hungarian side, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/adama-traore\/leistungsdaten\/spieler\/364405\/plus\/0?saison=2022\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scoring 12 goals and assisting four<\/a> in all his appearances.<\/p>\n<p>The player also played a key role in the team&#8217;s qualification to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/26\/uefa-europa-league-draw\/\" target=\"_self\">Europa League group stage<\/a> this season, Having scored <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/adama-traore\/leistungsdaten\/spieler\/364405\/plus\/0?saison=2022\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">six goals in eight appearances<\/a> during their playoffs campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Traore is no stranger to European competition; after helping Sheriff Tiraspol to their first ever <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/25\/uefa-champions-league-draw-2\/\" target=\"_self\">Champions League group stage<\/a> appearance, the player played a key part in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/58705912\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">famous Cinderella story<\/a> against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.<\/p>\n<p>The player penned a three-year deal with Ferencvaros to add a new attacking threat to manager Stanislav Cherchesov\u2019s team. Ferencvaros believed he could help take their forward line to a higher level after hitting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/adama-traore\/leistungsdaten\/spieler\/364405\/plus\/0?saison=ges\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">25 goals and laying on 16 assists<\/a> in all competitions at FC Sheriff Tiraspol<\/p>\n<p>His outstanding performances for the club since joining in the summer have piqued the interest of Everton manager Frank Lampard. The Merseyside club are yet to win a game in the Premier League this season and is hoping that a move for the free-scoring winger will remedy their fortunes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/31\/here-we-go-fabrizio-romano-james-garner\/\" target=\"_self\">Everton Sign James Garner from Manchester United <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>New Attacking Dimension for Frank Lampard<\/h3>\n<p>The Toffees have scored just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/team\/everton\/fixtures-results\/premier-league\/2kwbbcootiqqgmrzs6o5inle5\/ehd2iemqmschhj2ec0vayztzz\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">four goals in five Premier League games<\/a> this season. Magnifying their need for new attacking options since losing Richarlison to Tottenham Hotspur, the team were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-everton-make-moves-to-sign-two-strikers-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interested<\/a> in a move for Wolverhampton Wanderers&#8217; Adama Traore, but the deal didn&#8217;t materialize before the transfer deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Everton&#8217;s lack of attacking options on the pitch has also hampered their fortunes this season, as the club is yet to win a Premier League game and currently sits in 16th place on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Lampard will be looking to find a quick solution to their lack of creativity and goals ahead of a proposed move for Adama Traore in January.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old winger will certainly add a new attacking dimension to the Toffees&#8217; attacking options with his direct style of wing play. The player likes to cut inside and dictate attacking proceedings, scoring goals and creating chances for the team.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/EuropaLeague\/status\/1564629514797342721<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everton are ready to make a transfer bid for Ferencvaros winger Adama Traore ahead of the January transfer window, according to Calciomercato. Everton Set to Explore Move for Adama Traore in January https:\/\/twitter.com\/IrishSunSport\/status\/1569355321948217345?t=krCq5CzSCgDKrxApkGL59w&#038;s=19 Interest in Adama Traore \u00adAccording to Calciomercato, Everton are now showing an interest in Malian forward Adama Traore following the forward&#8217;s prolific [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4302,"featured_media":617942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"1663076220","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"Everton transfer news ","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"478","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13,30,28],"tags":[640,660],"class_list":["post-617856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-everton","category-news","category-transfers","tag-adama-traore","tag-frank-lampard"],"modified_by":"Joe Blackburn, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4302"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}