'Perfect match' - Bertrand Traore opens up on Wolves move

Wolves new boy Bertrand Traore believes he has signed for a “top manager” in Cesar Peixoto.

The 30-year-old winger revealed how it required just one conversation with the Wolves head coach to convince him to sign-up at Molineux.

Traore, a free agent after leaving Sunderland in the summer, had been training in Dubai before he got the call alerting him to Wolves’ interest.

The former Villa man visited Compton Park on Friday to meet with Peixoto and club staff before agreeing a one-year deal over the weekend.

He said: “I had a conversation with him before taking any decision, and it was clear in my head that I wanted to get in.

“He is a straightforward manager, so when I heard about the interest, I tried to take some information about him.

“After the conversation with him, it just confirmed what I thought about him, that he's a top manager.

“In football, you can say whatever you want but you must put in the work on the pitch, so hopefully I will do the job.”

Traore has played just twice since January after sustaining an injury while playing for Burkina Faso at the Africa Cup of Nations and will need time to get up to speed before making his Wolves bow.

But he believes he and the club are the “perfect match” - as both should be in the Premier League.

“Unfortunately, they (Wolves) didn't have the best season last year,” he said.

“They ended up in the Championship, but they're meant to be in the Premier League, and I think I’m also meant to be in the Premier League, so it is the perfect match. We have to put the work in together and achieve our goal.

“Finally, I can play football again - I was waiting for this moment, I’ve missed playing football. I've been injured since AFCON and tried to come back a little bit quicker.

“It didn't work out in March, but I managed to get back two weeks before the end of the season. I can't wait to be back on the pitch and enjoy football again.”

Traore, who made 62 appearances in three years across the Midlands at Villa Park, continued: “It is a big challenge for me. My main goal is to come here, perform and then help the team to get back to the Premier League.

“Things were out of my control, but everything happens for a reason.

“I accept the challenge today, you can have a bad season and then get back on track the year after, so that's what I'm looking for, and we will do everything to get back to the Premier League.”