To be honest, if Traore goes to Barca, I really won't lose any sleep over it.
I'm always first in line to bash that bald stingy twat Levy, but as far as him not wanting to offer more than 15 mil for Traore, I'm with him totally. Traore is 26, been in the Prem a while and he's never really set the scene on fire. Yeah yeah he's big & strong and can bodycheck anybody out the way, but where's the end product?! He's like a gigantic Walcott...gets the ball, runs straight ahead, few tricks here & there, but then sends the ball into row z.
And say you spend 25 mil on him, what sort of profit you expect to make on him in a couple years, when he'll be fast approaching 30 and his pace will start declining?
I say let Barca have him for that 29 mil that's been bandied about. I'd rather we spent 5-10 on that British kid Djed Spence. He's got great potential and can actually play the position