15 May 2025 20:07:12
Why o why,
You think being league winners and being paid appropriately only applies to Salah and Van Dyke?
I think Konate deserves to be paid a fair amount for his efforts, plenty of clubs will be looking at him right now.
I mean If we want to be tight and have a big window of shaking the squad up massively with players moving in and out, some of them unavoidably.
The young centre back William Saliba of arsenal for example is on 200k a week, it's not rocket science.
15 May 2025 20:32:48
If the choices are a) replace Konate or b) give him a big pay rise, I’d replace him. He’s not a bad player at all but he’s also not top class.
15 May 2025 20:34:03
Maybe we've offered him £200k a week and he says he wants £350k?
15 May 2025 21:32:57
Konate is a very good player, he wouldn’t be with us if he isn’t, but for me he’s not a Salah or van dijk. He’s not world class, therefore if he asks for too much, he can be replaced.
15 May 2025 21:38:33
Also if ars wanted to exchange saliba for konate, I’d do it in a heartbeat, saliba is absolute class.
15 May 2025 21:52:50
So what's too much? Maybe he believes as a first 11 player for the title winners he should be on parity to some others like Robbo, Mac, Jota, Nunez or even Gomez and Chiesa.
15 May 2025 21:53:43
I’d like to keep him. Hopefully if it’s just a contract conflict it will get sorted but if he wants out then sell him. I’d prefer to keep him, plus how many changes can a team sustain in one hit? Refer to Plymouth.
15 May 2025 22:44:43
Ibou is either really really good or looks really bad and never anything in between.
The good thing is I believe his really good games far outweigh his bad ones.
15 May 2025 23:00:32
I can’t believe how many would be seemingly quite happy to let konate go. I agree if he doesn’t sign a deal he needs to be sold, and I agree there’s a limit on what we should offer him. He quick, strong, good in the air and should still have his best years ahead of him.
16 May 2025 01:00:19
I've said it before and I'll say it a thousand times, it's absolutely ridiculous the disrespect ibou gets on here after playing the season of his life, absolutely ridiculous, his form took a small dip the latter part of the season but the first half of the season he matched and was arguably better than Virgil at times. And replacing ibou with saliba? Saliba is the Virgil in the arsenal team, the ball playing center half, Gabriel is the ibou in their side, and i'd rather have ibou.
16 May 2025 03:32:09
I think Ibou rightly or wrongly gets more visceral criticism because he can be clumsy and somewhat prone to calamities. A very good player overall but when he's given me plenty of facepalm moments too.
16 May 2025 06:58:11
Think Saliba is mad overrated myself, would prefer konate, works better for us as we need his physical presence. Would prefer Gabriel over Saliba.
16 May 2025 07:06:10
We need to keep Konate if we can it would be stupid to let 3 of our 4 defenders leave in one season. Robertson has got to be replaced because he just can’t do it at this level anymore. Trent is gone so to lose Konate as well would be far too much and with him and Virgil together we can easily add to full backs into the team but I would not want to add a new centre back as well into the starting lineup. Also under Slot he stayed fit a lot better than under Klopp was just the knee injury what was and accident near the end of the game against Madrid if am not mistaken rather than his normal muscle problems.
16 May 2025 07:20:50
It really does depend on his wage demands. Is he a £300k a week player? Certainly not and I don’t think PSG or any other club would be offering him that either. Hopefully there’s a deal to be done and some sense comes into play. If not, then sell him or try at least.
16 May 2025 08:11:51
He is french and would want to return to Paris. I don't see money being the only issue here. He will stay and go next year.
16 May 2025 11:27:59
Ibou’s new nickname is salmon. They always return to where they are born.
16 May 2025 11:52:36
Konate is a very good centre back. I think people don’t realise how good he is for us.
You also have to remember he’s playing centre back for Liverpool rather than just looks good playing for a mid table team in a low block.
That’s one of the reasons why Hujsen is so coveted I think is because of how Bournemouth play and he looks good in that system at such a young age.
It’s not easy. Offer him a good salary that puts him on par with a premier league winning first team centre back eg 200k / week and if he doesn’t accept then move him on.
The reported £70k/ week is insulting tbf and to Diaz.
{Ed001's Note - Bournemouth don't play a low block.}
16 May 2025 12:28:09
Konate has his faults, but he's hardly Martin Skrtel or Dejan Lovren.
I'm genuinely surprised at how some talk about him like he is a cast off that we can replace so easily.
Every CB has a mistake in them, including VVD. so using that as a measure seems foolish to me. I'd rather be looking at attributes that match how we play, how they fit in with the club culture, chemistry with VVD etc.
Is he on something like $70k/ week? That could easily be $150+. that's Chiesa money and he doesn't even play.