Lacina Traore, at his first training under Dan Petrescu's command ! See the first pictures of Traore in Kuban's shirt!

 Lacina Traore, had yesterday his first training  under the command of Dan Petrescu,in Spain, and even if he didn't go to Liverpool or Arsenal, the  Ivorian is happy with the step he made.

 In January 2008, Traore has landed at the airport from Cluj,with three other players. They were young and everyone was wondering who are they and if they will confirm to the team. Lacina had never seen snow until then, nor a hotel room. Growing up in poverty with his 11 brothers , he was discovered by Muresan  on a sandy soil in Abidjan.
February 2011: Lacina Traore lands in Spain to join his new team Kuban Krasnodar. The Ivorian has signed a contract for four years with Kuban Krasnodar. The Russians had paid for him 4.5 million euros, and the unknown kid for last three years grew up and now it's a star in his new team.This is proven also by the fact that on his arrival in Spain two officials of the Russian Club were waiting him at the airport , the event being broadcasted live on TV channel Kuban.

See how Traore looks like in Kuban's T-shirt:

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Dan Perescu is called in England.

Dan Petrescu said several times that his dream is to coach Steaua and Chelsea. Petrescu is now in Russia, where he promoted with Kuban Krasnodar , but many people from the football world say that Russia is a map to England.
The former great player at Chelsea and Milan, Marcel Desailly, calls Petrescu in Britain: "I love Dan Petrescu ! He is a very good coach, you just needs for someone to give him a chance," says the former quarterback of the Londoners.
Dan Petrescu and Desailly played together at Chelsea for two years. "Dan is in Russia now. I hope that, someday, he will go back to the Premier League. I could even be his mate, if he comes in the Premier League, because I really like Petrescu. He is a good man, balanced,  knows his job and I am sure he is already a very good coach. He just needs someone to give him the chance to train at a high level ", said Desailly.

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