Thankful Bertrand Traore has waxed lyrical about Unai Emery's Aston Villa impact after revealing his woes under the guidance of Steven Gerrard.
The 27-year-old winger was a peripheral figure under the former Rangers manager's watch and Gerrard allowed the Burkina Faso international to join Istanbul on loan. But the Liverpool legend exited stage left in October amid a rotten Villa run and now Traore is back and thriving after his stunning late winner downed Leicester with Villans' dreaming of Europe.
And Traore admits he's bursting with confidence working with Emery after enduring a rocky relationship with Gerrard during his ill-fated 11-month stay in the West Midlands. Speaking after his heroics against the Foxes, the former Lyon man said: “Some things I can’t control like injuries and other things. Under the previous manager I was pulled out of the first-team squad and went training for two weeks with the under-23s before I went out on loan. It was really frustrating for me.
