“Many things have changed since I was here,” said Traoré.

“The league has grown and the teams are better than when I was here; which is good for the league – better players coming in. It means the league is growing.

“The coach, the culture and the system the coach wants to play, everything is new to us and it’s up to us to get into it and try to do the best we can for the team and for the fans.

“[Kurz is] a great coach – a great human being. That’s important in every aspect. What he’s trying to improve on, I think it will be very good in both the short and the long term for the club.

“I think in the end everyone will be happy.”

Traoré is set to celebrate his 50th A-League game in a Victory shirt on Friday night when he and his teammates welcome Markus Babbel’s Western Sydney Wanderers to Marvel Stadium.

The Wanderers will be looking to make it back-to-back wins to open the season after downing Central Coast Mariners 2-1 in their return to Wanderland in the campaign’s opening round.

Traoré, however, wasn’t dwelling on his achievement; insisting that his focus was first and foremost on securing Victory its first win of the 2019/20 campaign – and making this milestone the first of many.

“We’ve been preparing since Monday,” he said. “So, we prepare well and I hope we will win… that will be a good bonus for me.

“It’s important to think about ourselves, what we are doing and the rest will take care of itself. For me, it doesn't matter who we play, I think we have to be 100 per cent focused on ourselves and what we have to do.

“I believe if we listen to the coach and put in what he wants [us] to do, there is no reason we don't get the good result.

“It’s important to play 50 games for this club and I don’t want to stop there; I want to play more games.”