Where is armand traore

Traore made his professional debut for Arsenal in and was part of the Gunners' squad till He had loan stints at Portsmouth and Juventus in between before signing permanently for Queens Park Rangers in I was coached by two legends of the game Arsene Wenger and Steve Bould. My dream came true when I signed professional at the age of 17 and went on a great cup run at a young age where we notably beat Liverpool at Anfield," he told Goal.

Juventus was an amazing experience although it was slightly marred by off field family issues. Overall it was nothing but good memories. However, he alleges that he was led to Turkey on false promises. In a recent interview with Talk Sport, Traore revealed that he went to Turkey after being promised a transfer to Fenerbahce, only for his agent to force a deal with Caykur Rizespor. I thought that it is a new adventure and of course, I can experience it.

However, as a result, it was a complete disaster. They just made life hell for me. They just wanted me to leave without getting paid basically. In the end, we won with the lawyer. It might get you a nice car or watch that you get bored of after two weeks, but money is not everything.

As well as the support from family and friends, the left-back has also been helped by former Arsenal boss Wenger, whom Traore cites as a father figure, with the Frenchman regularly keeping in touch during his difficult time abroad.

They finished rock bottom in the top-flight that season and are still dealing with the financial consequences to this day. He then passed away. For whatever reason, I was friends with the players who were plastered on the back of the paper and my name came up and I feel I still suffer from that. Even when I spoke to Joey Barton about the whole bad egg story — because he was the one who started saying there was bad eggs in the squad — he said to me when it was published that he never had me in mind.

Being in London as a young man and having just lost my dad, I had a bit of money and I was out of Arsenal. For two years, I might have been a bit wild going out and being unprofessional, but things have changed. Sign in.