Leeds hunt £30m Liverpool target Adama Traore and 'offer Wolves ace five-year deal'

Marcelo Bielsa's side are reportedly looking to beat their Premier League rivals to the signing of Traore, who has been linked with Liverpool as potential competition for Mohamed Salah

Leeds have reportedly offered Adama Traore a five-year deal as they bid to beat Liverpool to the £30million Wolves ace.

Traore has been on the Reds' radar for a couple of seasons, with Jurgen Klopp on the lookout for exciting alternatives to his established front line stars.

The 25-year-old was linked with a move to Liverpool last summer as potential competition for Mohamed Salah, but Klopp ended up swooping for his then Wolves team-mate Diogo Jota, who made a blistering start to life at Anfield.

But the Premier League giants face competition if they want to raid Wolves a second time, with Marcelo Bielsa's side having opened talks over a move for Traore.

Leeds have offered the Spain international a contract until 2026, according to journalist Nicolo Schira.

Wolves star Adama Traore has been linked with a move to Liverpool

The claim comes after it was reported that the Whites had launched a £30m bid to try and prise Traore away from Molineux.

Speaking on the Transfer Window Podcast, Castles said Leeds are ready to smash their club-record transfer fee to take him to Elland Road.

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However, it has been claimed Traore would not be keen to join Leeds if he gets a sniff that Liverpool are interested, as he wants to play in the Champions League.

Castles said: "They [Leeds] were prepared to pay an initial £30m for Adama, who is a player that is well known to Leeds' director of football Victor Orta.

"He signed him from Aston Villa when he was in charge at Middlesbrough a few years back.

"My guidance is that Adama is not interested in moving there and sees himself at, rather than making a sideways move in the Premier League, he wants to move up to a club with Champions League status.

"Or at least very realistic chances of reaching the Champions League soon.

"He's under contract until 2023 and as we've been stating on the Transfer Window Podcast, he has effectively been placed on the market by Wolves.

"Wolves were interested in this offer, so I think we get a sense of how much they would be prepared to sell the player for."

Traore is now in the final two years of his contract, so this summer would represent the best chance for Wolves to cash in as new boss Bruno Lage looks to rebuild his squad.

Tottenham have also been linked with potential interest in Traore after Lage's predecessor Nuno Espirito Santo took charge of the North London side following Jose Mourinho's sacking last season.

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