Nuno Espirito Santo outlines role 'unique' Adama Traore will have in West Ham survival bid | OneFootball

Hammers boss hails signing of powerful winger from Fulham

Nuno Espirito Santo believes the signing of “unique” Adama Traore could be crucial to West Ham in their fight against relegation.

Traore has completed a £2million move to from Fulham to link up with Nuno again.

The pair worked together at Wolves and Nuno has feels the powerful forward can have a big impact at the London Stadium.

“We are very happy to welcome Adama to the club,” said Nuno. “He is someone I obviously know well from our time together at Wolves, and I am looking forward to working with him again.

“Adama is someone who knows the Premier League very well, and his unique qualities as a player will help us between now and the end of the season.

Traore is West Ham’s fourth January signing

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“He will give us a different option in attacking areas. He is also very motivated to fight for us and ready to bring energy, commitment and determination to our challenge.”

Traore, who has been capped eight times by Spain, is West Ham’s fourth January signing after Pablo Felipe, Taty Castellanos and Keiber Lamadrid.

He has made just two Premier League starts for Fulham this season.

Traore said: “I’m so happy to be here, so happy to help the team the maximum I can and show my quality,” said Adama.

“I've been seeing West Ham for a long time. It's a massive club, a massive fanbase. I've been watching since I was young, when I watched films about West Ham. I know about the fans and how much passion they have.

“My mentality is always to do better. It's always to improve as a player, to help the team as much as I can and I always say, if I'm the same person as yesterday, it's one day lost.

“I love the challenges. I think, of course, we have to go game by game. And this is what we're going to do, trying to do our best. I think everything comes from belief. And I believe we're going to achieve what we're looking for.”