Adama Traore urged not to join Manchester United or Liverpool as ex-Middlesbrough man praises Tony Pulis impact

Adama Traore joined Wolves from Middlesbrough in 2018.

Traore, 24, has been making a big impact at Wolves this season after moving to Molineux from Boro two years ago.

Yet the Spaniard is still thankful to Pulis for the role he played in his career, helping Traore become the player he is today.

"Some people don't know that before him I wasn't playing a lot (at Boro)," Traore told TalkSport.

"After he came he trusted me and spoke with me a lot. He was great. I still have contact with him. He taught me how to play in this position, a wing-back and a winger - working a lot on maintaining position, defending, maintaining shape.

"He helped me in this position and in this way to start improving myself, he's been a massive figure."

Traore has been linked with a move away from Wolves in recent months, with Liverpool and Manchester United reportedly tracking him, yet former England international Joe Cole believes the winger should stay put under the guidance of Nuno Espirito Santo.

“My advice to any of those players would be to stick around because good things are happening at Wolves,” Cole told BT Sport.

“The Wolves players, they’re all happy, they look like they’re all happy together. My advice to any of those Wolves players would be to stick around because something special is happening at Wolves.”