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Adama Traore fit for potential Wolves debut against Leicester

during the Sky Bet Championship Play Off Semi Final:Second Leg match between Aston Villa and Middlesbrough at Villa Park on May 15, 2018 in Birmingham, England.
Image: Adama Troare signed from Middlesbrough for £18m this summer.

New signing Adama Traore has recovered from injury to be in contention for his Wolves debut against Leicester, boss Nuno Espirito Santo has confirmed.

Traore is one of five summer additions at Molineux but he missed the opening-day draw with Everton last week as well as another newcomer in Leander Dendoncker.

Dendoncker - £12m signing from Anderlecht on deadline day - is still not available for the trip to the King Power Stadium on Saturday, however.

Santo said: "Traore is available for tomorrow. He joined us late He came with an injury in his shoulder. He was two weeks out, [but] he started training and is adapting and getting better."

"It's a different situation [with Dendoncker]. He came really late after a period of holiday after the World Cup. He's only one week of training. He has to be fit so he's not on the list for tomorrow.

"Ivan [Cavaleiro] is not available, he'll be out for a couple of weeks or so [but] from the last game everybody is okay."

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Wolves, who began their season with a 2-2 stalemate at home, next face a Leicester side who impressed the Portuguese manager despite their 2-1 defeat at Old Trafford.

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Santo also sees inspiration in Leicester's unlikely Premier League title triumph three seasons ago.

"The team realises we have a very tough challenge ahead of us. Wolves are a club that want to grow and the team is the engine," he said.

"What Leicester achieved was amazing. Will it happen again? In football, anything is possible.

"I saw a team [at Old Trafford] that is tough and can compete well away from home. Now they are at home so what we'll find is a different situation.

"Fortunately, we sell all our allocated tickets so we'll have good support at the King Power Stadium."

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