Blackburn Rovers target ‘new Adebayor’ Lacina Traore

by Rob MacDonald. Published Fri 16 Jul 2010 14:30, Last updated: 2010-07-16

According to reports Blackburn Rovers are one of a number of clubs chasing FC Cluj forward Lacina Traore.

Sport.co.uk claims the giant Ivory Coast striker is set to move this summer and that Rovers and Birmingham City are interested.

It is also understood that PSV Eindhoven, Turkish club Galatasaray and German Bundesliga club Hamburg are monitoring the situation.

The 20-year-old 6ft 8in striker was linked with a move to Arsenal in the January transfer window. However, they have since landed the Moroccan Marouane Chamakh.

Traore has been labeled the “New Adebayor” in his homeland and has been earmarked for a bright future at international level with the Ivory Coast.

The player’s agent, Thomas Boehm, told Sport.co.uk: “There is interest but at the moment he is with FC Cluj.

“We have a close relationship with the management at Cluj and we will talk to them about his future. There is nothing serious at the moment.

“There is a lot of talk with Lacina (Traore). We have had talks and spoken to different teams, but not just in the United Kingdon, but Italy, Germany and Holland.

“At the moment it is quiet but there could be movement in the next week. At the moment there is nothing concrete.”