"Traoré's tall, athletic, has a great left foot and gets up and down," said a salivating Redknapp. "I'm well pleased to get him at that price. He's versatile - he's a left-back but can also play on the left side of central defence. I watched him a lot during his Liverpool days. At Chelsea, when Liverpool knocked them out of the Champions League, he was man of the match. You don't play in the Champions League final if you are a mug."