An update has emerged on both Trincao and Adama Traore's future at Wolves.
What's the news?
According to a number of reports in Spain, Barcelona will only sign Adama Traore permanently if Wolves sign the Portuguese winger permanently - leading to the La Liga giants' club president Joan Laporta claiming that a deal could be completed if Trincao is used as a makeweight.
"I think a swap deal with Wolves between Francisco Trincao and Adama Traore could be a very good option," said Laporta.
Must avoid for Wolves
Wolves' woes in front of goal have continued on from Nuno Santo's time in charge of the team, into the Bruno Lage era - having scored the fifth-lowest amount of goals in the Premier League this campaign.
Not helped by Raul Jimenez and Hwang Hee-chan's total goal haul of 11 for the season so far between them, as well as £36m signing Fabio Silva failing to add any at all in the top flight - Lage will likely be looking to overhaul his attack in the summer - or at least improve it.
With Pedro Neto returning from injury, he can finally replace loanee Trincao as the starting inverted right winger in the team, after the Barcelona-owned youngster has failed to establish himself as a Premier League quality forward since joining last summer.
As a result, signing Trincao permanently next summer would not make much sense with the forward, who was dubbed "toothless" by Nathan Judah, scoring just one goal and assisting only one more in 22 appearances for the West Midlands side.
If they are to have European ambitions, the £19.8m-rated flop is not the player to take them forward and must be axed this summer. There is simply no point in bringing a player who is on £131k per week to the club to play back-up.
Instead, Lage would benefit more from spending the Adama money on other positions in the squad, and promoting one of the exciting young prospects in the academy - like left-footed Canada international Theo Corbeanu.
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