Adama Traore - CONFIRMED

[Goldie.7]

Good spot Chris, probably bollocks.

[Phil from the upper holte]

I checked his official twitter it wasn't on there

[edgysatsuma89]

Another one not happy.

In other words, "I want to leave this mad house!" 

Hmmm.... accent in the final e is pointing in the wrong direction. Spoof?

Hark at Columbo here. Great spot.

[edgysatsuma89]

Edit: double post.

[Toronto Villa]

Another one not happy.

In other words, "I want to leave this mad house!" 

Hmmm.... accent in the final e is pointing in the wrong direction. Spoof?

hmmm...so, if I understand this correctly, what you are suggesting is that Traore wouldn't spell his own name incorrectly?

[Risso]

The Daily Mail are running with it as a story, but the Birmingham Mail have deleted it from their site.

[Matt C]

True to form.

[Chris Harte]

Another one not happy.

In other words, "I want to leave this mad house!" 

Hmmm.... accent in the final e is pointing in the wrong direction. Spoof?

hmmm...so, if I understand this correctly, what you are suggesting is that Traore wouldn't spell his own name incorrectly?

What I'm saying is that the Spanish don't use that accent, at least not in that direction, to my knowledge (I've been studying the language for nearly three years now and have never encountered it). Now I could be wrong, it could be something that can be applied to names. Or that he's mis-spelt his name purposely for whatever reason. But what I'm saying is the accent's presence makes me suspicious as to its authenticity.

[Chris Harte]

The other thought on this is the player has apparently said he'll play for Mali at international level, presumably because of a family connection. Without checking, Mali being a French-speaking nation could explain the accent. But then, he was born at L'hospitalet which I believe is in northern Spain.

[Malandro]

It looks genuine when you look at the page.

[sickbeggar]

Given our season it's a miracle this superstar is still here. You'd have thought Barcalona would have rectified their administrational mistake and bought him back by now. Not to mention the premiership scouts who must have copped his game winning performances for us. Obviously Sherwood, Garde and now Black are determined to ruin his career and stop the "black Messi" taking his rightful place in our first XI

[Monty]

Did you actually just type 'black Messi'?

[sickbeggar]

erm...yes?

[Toronto Villa]

Another one not happy.

In other words, "I want to leave this mad house!" 

Hmmm.... accent in the final e is pointing in the wrong direction. Spoof?

hmmm...so, if I understand this correctly, what you are suggesting is that Traore wouldn't spell his own name incorrectly?

What I'm saying is that the Spanish don't use that accent, at least not in that direction, to my knowledge (I've been studying the language for nearly three years now and have never encountered it). Now I could be wrong, it could be something that can be applied to names. Or that he's mis-spelt his name purposely for whatever reason. But what I'm saying is the accent's presence makes me suspicious as to its authenticity.

And what I'm saying is that it's a bloody good catch by you and that my attempt at humour didn't really come across that well.

[Risso]

I've just had a look and it's definitely his real page.  Either that or somebody's gone to an incredible amount of trouble over several years, having got hold of lots of Adama's personal photos in order to troll the Villa fans!