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FRIEND: ADAMA IS FRIGHTENING

By Chris Dunlavy

CATCH HIM IF YOU CAN: Boro flyer Adama Traore and, insets, George Friend in action against Sheffield Wednesday and Boro boss Tony Pulis
PICTURE: Action Images

FOR most left-backs, the terrifying sight of a charging Adama Traore comes around just twice a season. For poor George Friend, it is a daily occurrence.
“There’s nobody as quick as Adama,” insists the Middlesbrough defender, whose jet-heeled Spanish team-mate once clocked a top-speed of 37km/h – 23mph in old money.
“I’m telling you. Not in the Championship. Not in the Premier Lea...

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