Barcelona set to deny us the Adama Troare wing-back experiement we all want to see - The Warm-Up

FRIDAY'S BIG STORIES That's Not How You Spell «Tottenham» Ad/> We've been waiting for this all window, so: congratulations to Adama Traoré on his big move to, er, wait. Hang on. It says Barcelona here.

Does this mean we're not going to get to see the Adam Traoré Wing Back Experiment? TransfersArsenal set to fail with Arthur and Calvert-Lewin deals — Paper Round2 HOURS AGO Oh cruel world! Oh cruel Xavi! All makes a lot of sense for Barcelona, of course. Traoré fits precisely what Xavi is looking for in a player: he's played for Barcelona before, he knows what Barcelona means, he has Barcelona DNA laced through his Barcelona skeleton, when he blinks he sees Johan Cruyff on the inside of his eyelids, when they say «More Than» he says «Club». More Than.

Club. More Than. Club.

Also he's pretty useful with a football, which is a bonus. /> As for how they can afford to register him, the fact that this is a loan suggests that they're squeezing a chunk of his wages out of whatever remains of the breathing room they negotiated for Ferran Torres, with a view to doing some more creative accounting come the summer. That's assuming Ousmane Dembélé doesn't get shunted on in the next few days.

Hey, maybe he could play at wing-back… … no, no, probably not. Could this be the rarely seen transfer that makes total sense for everybody? Normally, if Barcelona swooped down and made off with a player from mid-table, they'd leave behind a gutted wreck of a team. But Traoré's been a more a sub than a starter this season, with only the one goal to his name.