Journalist hints at Bruno Lage transfer demand if Wolves lose Traore in final days of window

Wolverhampton Wanderers head coach Bruno Lage will look to welcome a new signing to Molineux if Adama Traore completes his switch to Barcelona, according to Daily Express journalist Ryan Taylor.

Although the January transfer deadline is looming, it is not out of the question that there will be activity at Wolves before 11pm on Monday.

Traore was understood to be undergoing a medical ahead of a proposed return to former employers Barcelona yesterday, according to The Athletic.

The report suggests the La Liga giants are hoping to tie up an initial loan switch which has the option of being made permanent for more than £29million at the end of the season.

It has come as a huge blow to Tottenham Hotspur, who thought they were closing in on a £20million deal to keep the 26-year-old winger in the Premier League.

Spurs had initially seen a £15million bid turned down last week, but the north Londoners had made Traore a top target.

Nevertheless, it would seem the speedy wide-man has appeared in a Wolves shirt for the final time having featured on 154 occasions since his £18million switch from Middlesbrough.

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Taylor reckons Lage, who was appointed as Wolves' head coach last summer, will push to make a signing late in the window if Traore's move is completed.

Chiquinho became the West Midlands side's first arrival since the turn of the year, with the winger making the switch from Portuguese side Estoril for an initial fee of £2.9million, while Hwang Hee-chan's loan spell will become permanent in the summer and Jeong Sang-bin has headed straight to Grasshopper Zurich on a temporary basis after joining yesterday.

But Taylor expects Lage to seek at least one more