Adama Traoré - GONE

[Dave P]

Who the fuck agreed anything like that 

Doug Ellis apparantly. This sort of matter is left up to the President Emirates Airlines.

[TheTimVilla]

I don't know how true this is but we've had to give him a million quid for his naming rights. It's in his contract that every time a commentator says his name, he gets ten grand. It wasn't so bad last season as we weren't on tv so much. But now we know we will be on Sky Sports most weeks next season, it works out cheaper just to pay the million. If true, the world has gone mad.

[cdbearsfan]

I've heard his name is actually "Adam" but he added an extra letter as we've stupidly agreed to pay him 587 gold bars per syllable.

[RussellC]

I've heard that he's copyrighted his surname in it's entirety, and thus anyone speaking even the words "tray", "or" and "ray" are liable to pay royalties, directly into his PayPal account. Unless of course they can prove that these words were uttered during the course of non-commercial activity.

[pbavfckuwait]

He s just a figment of our imagination, there is no such player to be found at Villa Park or BMH.

[mr underhill]

I tend to agree - he's a ghost 'player' and I'm confidently predicting we will never see him kick a ball in anger for us again

[N'ZMAV]

Mark the 14th of August in your calendars as on that day Villa will be part of history. Adama will become the highest ever paid player outside of a top division. As he is the one player without a relegation clause, coupled with being here 1 year triggering a very large 'loyalty' bonus plus a hefty pay rise, he'll be earning more this year than most top flight players around the world, including the PL.

Oh dear.

[Hookeysmith]

Ok back on planet earth do we actually know what the f*ck is going on with him and why he is not featuring

[UK Redsox]

There is a clause in Traore's contract that says he must take all penalties even if Villa re-sign Barry and the latter is on the pitch

[pooligan]

Adama Traore ,i had forgotten all about him ,must have been injured for around 90% of his time at Villa. He is our new Ivo Stas !

[cdbearsfan]

More like Ivo Stash, given the amount of money we are paying him.

*shakes fist angrily.

[RussellC]

I've heard that his release clause is a secret (known only to the club) and must be met EXACTLY if a Club is to trigger it. Therefore, say for example the clause if £6,324,897.45p and a club offers £7m, they will not trigger said clause.

[mr underhill]

who was responsible for buying Adama? Was it Paddy or Timmy?

[kippaxvilla2]

If you want to know what the release clause and pay hike details are then tune into the WM phone in tonight.

[cdbearsfan]

I'd rather boil my head in formaldehyde while listening to Coldplay.