Adama Traore’s hopes of permanent Barcelona transfer ‘getting more complicated every day’ after shock dip in form

ADAMA TRAORE’S hopes of securing a permanent move back to Barcelona are “getting more complicated every day” due to a dip in form.

The Spain international, 26, returned to the Nou Camp for a second spell in January – on loan from Wolves until the summer.

Traore hit the ground running at Barcelona with four assists in his first seven games.

Barca president Joan Laporta even confirmed that Traore took a pay cut in order to come back to the club after initially rising through their academy.

However, the star has struggled to provide the ammunition over recent matches and that has led to his minutes on the pitch being vastly reduced.

He has only featured for 25 minutes over the club’s past four LaLiga matches and even failed to get off the bench in two of them.

Now Sport is claiming that the situation is “more complicated every day” for the player.

They state that Barcelona have no intention to pay a transfer fee for him while also dismissing recent speculation over a potential swap deal that includes Francisco Trincao.

Laporta recently said on the possibility of signing Traore: “We’d love Adama Traore to stay here, it’s possible – but we’re in a difficult financial situation.

“We’ll see at the end of the season.

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“We’ve an option to buy clause included into Adama Traore deal with Wolves and our plan is to trigger that clause.

“It’s on him – he made a great effort [on salary] to play here at Barca.”

His existing contract with Wolves runs until the end of the 2022-23 campaign.