Hold up. Just because he's not in the same league as the other guys, doesn't mean he can't help us. He'll be a squad player. He also won't cost 30M+ like Malcom will. It's silly to compare Traore to those other guys. He's not as good as Malcom or Lozano.
Look, if we have 150M to spend, super, we can get a bunch of guys like this, but we don't. We have probably 75M to spend until we sell some players. Our needs are glaringly at CM/DM, CF, and CB. And no, signing Gomes for 25M doesn't address the CM/DM issue, it'd leave us with 50M to spend on another CM/DM, a CF, and a CB. A loan for one of the spots would be helpful.
So yeah, we get it, Traore isn't as good as those guys. We know. But he's not a poor signing unless you are expecting him to replace one of our starters, which he won't do.