Quotes from Adama Traore

Darren Campbell, the British Olympic sprinter, was my sprint coach at Middlesbrough - yet the best advice he gave me was to slow down. That might sound strange but he said: 'You have too much speed - you don't always need to run at 100 per cent.' I was used to running flat out every time, but he told me, 'You know how quick you are, slow down.'

Offers from Madrid or Barca will come when they come, but my mentality is to continue growing as a player.

Talent is not enough - it's about using it in the right way.

My greatest strength is my speed and power. This is what stands out more but I'll get better, I have many attributes.

If the opponent makes a foul close to their own goal, it's a chance for us. I take it like this.

That has to help if you know the mentality of your opponent, and how he wants to play.

I don't have to be stressed about it. When people watch videos of teams, they might see a certain player and think, 'If we kick him a little bit, maybe he'll get angry, maybe he'll get a booking.

I think the time I spent at Aston Villa was difficult. It was a difficult time and a difficult moment for the team.

It was difficult at Villa because they'd struggled for two years and I'd come mainly from Barcelona B in the second division in Spain. I needed time to adapt but Tim Sherwood and Remi Garde had to win games; they didn't have time to think about little things about my game. It was a bad moment, it was such a hard, sad experience.

When I came to Aston Villa, they had struggled for two years before then.

Aston Villa and Middlesbrough, they showed me what is English football. It's tough, it's difficult and they showed me how life is like in professional football.

Few people will say maybe I had a tough time with different teams like Aston Villa and Middlesbrough but in each situation, I tried to take the good things.

I joined Aston Villa to improve myself in the Premier League. It started well but then I got injured and Villa ended up having five managers that season.

I didn't leave Barca well. I left because I wasn't given an opportunity. If I had been given one, maybe I could say what I lacked.