“What a time to be alive.”
Premier League sides have been going insane in the transfer market this season. Bournemouth have moved exceptionally well with their new signings, West Bromwich Albion secured Salomon Rondon from Zenit St. Petersburg, Swansea City brought Andre Ayew from Marseille on a Bosman transfer while more recently, Stoke City announced the capture of Xherdan Shaqiri from Inter Milan!
There was a time, when some of these players were being actively courted by the ‘Big Four’ – only because they were the only ones who could essentially afford them. But tides are shifting and the new Premier League TV deal has increased cashflow within every other Premier League side as well.
Today, Aston Villa, who’ve already brought in nine players this summer, including Jordan Ayew, hit the jackpot again. Adama Traore, who has been the subject of interest from various clubs across Europe, joined the Villains on a five-year contract!
Twitter, inevitably, went berserk.
https://twitter.com/inplaypunt/status/632125466321752064
https://twitter.com/danno1no1/status/632125186733658112
Tim Sherwood on new signing Adama Traore: “He’s a bit of Messi and Ronaldo!”
No pressure! http://t.co/PSx4IU30UY pic.twitter.com/yvqjZyQWPq
— B/R Football (@brfootball) August 14, 2015
Villa have got themselves a cracking young talent in Adama Traore!
— Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) August 14, 2015
Villa sign Adama Traore. He's going to be seriously tricky to handle this season. Especially on the counter! This new TV money is paying off
— Evan Dunne (@EvanDunne) August 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/Mr_Clements/status/632124675364098048
Lord, Aston Villa have signed Adama Traore.
— Wilko (@wilkomcv) August 14, 2015
Villa have made interesting signings. That Traore bloke from Barca is a gem. Watch out for him
— The Archbishop of Banterbury 🇺🇦 (@philobbas) August 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/scjbirch/status/632124473609691136
https://twitter.com/thomasgorman88/status/632124077281570820
WOW Traore to Villa done deal, not that I've seen him at all but reports from Spain I've record are all glowing.
— Neil (@spuddy1878) August 14, 2015
Adama Traore to Villa, if my FM game is anything to go by he'll be an class buy, world class.Gutted I prob won't be able to sign him on FM16
— Tom Harris (@TomHarris15) August 14, 2015
But the Royal Flush was undoubtedly this tweet. Talk about getting on with the program!
Surely if this Adama Traore was any good he'd have gone to Stoke, not Villa?
— spilt chips™ (@spilt_chips) August 14, 2015
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