Muhamed Besic suggests Adama Traore exit has made Middlesbrough stronger

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Adama Traore joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in the summer transfer window, while Muhamed Besic moved to Middlesbrough on loan from Everton.

Everton-owned Middlesbrough defensive midfielder Muhamed Besic has suggested to The Northern Echo that losing Adama Traore to Wolverhampton Wanderers has made the team stronger.

Besic joined Championship club Middlesbrough on loan from Premier League club Everton in the summer transfer window.

The 26-year-old also spent the second half of last season on loan at the Riverside Stadium after making the move from the Toffees in the January transfer window.

Traore was on the books of Middlesbrough from the summer of 2016 until the summer of 2018 when he joined Premier League club Wolves for a transfer fee reported by BBC Sport to be worth £18 million.

While the 22-year-old former Aston Villa winger has established himself as an important player in Nuno’s Wolves, Bosnia and Herzegovina international defensive midfielder Besic – who earns £30,000 per week as salary, according to Spotrac.com – has suggested that Boro are better off without the youngster.

Besic has been on the books of Everton since the summer of 2014 when he joined from Ferencvaros for a transfer fee reported by The Guardian to be worth £4 million.

“This squad is much better,” Besic told The Northern Echo. “We are more focused, stronger. We have lost Adama, but have come together as a stronger team.

“We have quality on the pitch, and it is more spread now rather than the focus being on just Adama. It is much better.”