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title: "Leeds United: Phil Hay speaks out following Adama Traore speculation"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Luke Seychell"
section: "Leeds United"
published: "2021-02-20T09:50:21Z"
modified: "2021-02-20T09:50:21Z"
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# Leeds United: Phil Hay speaks out following Adama Traore speculation

**Leeds United have been [linked](https://www.eurosport.com/football/transfers/2020-2021/martin-odegaard-eyeing-arsenal-stay-max-aarons-on-radar-for-tottenham-transfer-notebook_sto8099527/story.shtml) with Wolves winger Adama Traore for some time now, and Phil Hay has dropped an update on how true these links are.**

### The latest on Traore

The journalist for The Athletic was asked by a fan during a [Q&A](https://theathletic.co.uk/2397708/2021/02/18/leeds-wolves-score/) before Friday’s game against Wolves if the club were interested in the Spaniard, to which Hay replied: “I asked the question when the links came up but was told there was nothing in it.”

### This will be a blow for supporters

It was reported earlier in the season by [Graeme Bailey](https://twitter.com/GraemeBailey/status/1341438662907719680?s=20) that Leeds Director of Football, Victor Orta, “[loves](https://twitter.com/GraemeBailey/status/1341438662907719680?s=20)” the winger after previously signing him for Middlesbrough. A lot of people in the footballing world have praised the player, like Jurgen Klopp, who [hailed](https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/liverpool/news/jurgen-klopp-full-of-praise-for-big-big-talent-adama-traore_384267.html) him as a ‘big, big talent’.

Leeds saw his quality first hand on Friday night as he was a constant threat for Marcelo Bielsa’s side and [created](https://www.sofascore.com/leeds-united-wolverhampton/dsJ) the only goal in the match.

This season in his 24 appearances in the Premier League (eight from the bench), the [£36m-rated](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/adama-traore/leistungsdaten/spieler/204103) Spaniard has managed 1.4 key passes and 3.8 successful dribbles ([WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/140088/Show/Adama-Traor%C3%A9)) per game, and his ability to carry the ball forward at tremendous speed and take defenders out of the equation could benefit the fast-flowing Bielsa-ball Leeds fans have become accustomed to.

Therefore it will be gutting for fans of the club to see that this possible signing seems to just be a rumour for the time being.

***In other news, Agbonlahor has praised one Leeds ace, have a read who it is [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/leeds-united-gabriel-agbonlahor-heaps-praise-on-patrick-bamford/)!***