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Adama Traore tells Wolves fans: I can go quicker

Wolves winger Adama Traore insists fans are yet to see him in top gear.

Adama is so fast that Olympic sprinting champion Darren Campbell - a consultant during Traore's spell at Middlesbrough - once advised him to slow down, and who is now regularly clocked at 22mph at Wolves.

"I've always been quick, ever since I was little," Traore says, having just scorched the earth at Wolves' Compton training ground. "People are thinking I am running so fast on the pitch, but I think it's slow. I am deliberately holding back and I could be even quicker.

"At Middlesbrough, Darren told me that I didn't need to run at 100 per cent as I didn't realise how fast I was. I can beat players at 70 per cent and this will then give me time to think about what to do next.

"I want to get people on the edge of their seats, get past players, try to show my skills and pace."

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