26 Jun 2025 15:49:50
Much as i like Konate despite his flaws, if the latest stuff going around is true then he needs to be sold. I get that players want to leave and I get that contracts work both ways. But taking the p. is out of order.
26 Jun 2025 15:53:19
It needs to be dealt with one way or another. I see us selling him this summer.
26 Jun 2025 15:55:21
It's all well and good saying he should be sold but if he wants to go to Real Madrid they will just tell him to wait a year. Who else could buy him? PSG? They are trying to buy Zabarnyi from Bournemouth.
26 Jun 2025 16:03:16
I know what Madrid will do Thunderbird. We all do. It needs sorting either way. It can’t be good having that vibe around the club.
26 Jun 2025 16:11:41
Easy tell him he either signs and plays or gets sold. If he wants to run his contract down he can do that with the reserves. Can’t let another player do a Trent.
26 Jun 2025 16:21:07
Ignore the Real journos.
I still expect Ibou to pen a new deal at this moment. Even with Guehi potentially coming in.
26 Jun 2025 16:22:28
If Konate has made it clear that he will NOT be signing a new deal then he should be told to have his agent find him a new club this summer, be it RM or whoever.
However with that being said, nobody at the club can make him leave and the so called "let him rot in the reserves" won't fly as that is just futile, IMO.
26 Jun 2025 16:39:25
Are fans really still this naive in 2025? No one can force a player to sign a contract or threaten to sell them. There is no such thing.
Konate will either sign a new contract that he and the club are happy about or he will leave on a free next summer. There's no selling him against his will.
And Slot refused to bench anyone due to their contract situation this past season. There's no way he's going to cut off his nose to spite his face because fans are childish.
26 Jun 2025 16:42:47
Well said, Oli. Anybody thinking we're going to put him in the reserves are speaking nonsense, it's never going to happen - nor should it.
26 Jun 2025 17:06:57
Looking at the football mercato article it's just your typical clickbait stuff that other clickbait sites have taken the odd phrase from. I wouldn't read too much into it. Only the club and and himself knows what's going on and will no doubt work it all out accordingly.
26 Jun 2025 17:44:07
We don't need to put him in the reserves, buy Guehi which is looking more likely and play him every pre-season match to build that relationship as quickly as possible with VVD and then Konate can be phased to the bench. That might concentrate his mind on looking for a move this summer with a World Cup coming up. We just need to. hope Guehi or whomever our new CB is can be a starter.
26 Jun 2025 17:56:34
The club still has power. Konate may refuse to leave, but if he does that he can go to the reserves and not play in the season before a world cup year. He won't want that so it's about time we play hardball.
If a player wants to leave, they should leave immediately.
26 Jun 2025 18:01:04
Guehi isn’t a starter and isn’t good enough to be a starter, the drop off in quality from Konate to him is huge, Guehi doesn’t win the ball in the air as much as Konate and isn’t as strong on the ground either. Guehi would be a useful squad player but nothing more than that. Personally don’t think Madrid are in for him as they’ll have other targets. It’s just a matter of finding a median point with his demands.
26 Jun 2025 18:18:14
If these stories are true Guehi makes even more sense. You can't force a player to sign or to be sold but you sure don't have to have him in your 1st 11 every week when he's going to stroll out the door for free next summer. Guehi is good enough to partner Virg so ibou can be benched. What happened last season where we'd a 1st 11 player strolling around with his head in the clouds should never happen again, certainly not when we are where we are as a club at the moment. don't want to sign on with the champions? fine that's your perogative but get used to the bench son.