He would be our 6th CB.
Tie down Konate to a longer deal.
Get upemacano and Guehi in freeās the next summer.
Fuck off real , they are kopites now.
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Not really convinced by Upamecano. When he was bursting on the scene he looked good, but as the years have progressed he hasnāt really lost the rashness of youth. If he played for us he would be on a yellow every game.
Watching Guehi, he has a lot of hallmarks of Virg apart from the physical aspect, he is calm and unflustered, good on the ball, very hard to beat 1 v 1 and seems positionally strong and covers others very well.
Hope we get him.
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More you think about the Joyce tweet the more it seems that boat has sailed.
I really hope not, as the more I watch him the more I rate him.
I donāt see a lot of similarities with Virgil, but Iām interested in the potential of a partnership with him. That might be very good for Virgil to have alongside him in probably the last chapter of his career at the top level. Plus, Guehi would be playing at RCB for perhaps the first time in his career. Where he might even be better than at LCB (due to him being comfortable on the left and the lack of a āVirgilā, heās been doing that for teams heās played so far, club and country).
He has the same calmness, very rarely gets beaten 1 v 1 and positionally is very good maybe better than Virg. If you havenāt seen that then you aināt watching what I am 
Mo has had no success down that side against Palace, between Guehi & Mitchell
We should be looking at La Croix. He is better than Guehi.
The way heās playing at the moment, heās a liability. One good match followed by five bad ones. Cash up in Jan for whatever we can get.
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If heās jealous of Virgilās earnings, let him be jealous.
Heās good, but heās not that good.
No player can get anything.
If we donāt come to an agreement and thereās Real waiting around the corner, we part ways and thatās it.
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Yup VVD was waiting on a contract last year he was consummate professional and delivered on the pitch and he got one, he has continued to deliver this season.
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And spend the money on Guehi? Iām not sure weād get enough to even make this a wash. I think if/once it becomes clear he wonāt re-sign, the priority should be to work on deals to bring in 2 CBs by the summer while keeping him for the remainder of the season.
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Mo, Virgil and Trent were in the last year of their contracts, now Konate is doing the same. Mo and Virgil had the strength of mind to not let it show on the pitch, Trent however did not, and now itās the same with Konate. I thinks itās important for a player to have strength of mind.
On his day heās a brilliant CB, one of the worldās best. But when heās bad heās really bad. The big bucks that Virg is on demand consistency. If he canāt provide that then I think we should let him go
This is revisionist history. The one-time TAA really looked like he was mentally elsewhere, was the game against Manure at Anfield. Otherwise, he had the same highs and lows that he usually had every season.
The same is true about Konate. This is hardly the first time heās had a run of awful performances.
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He was generally quite poor last season if Iām honest.
I donāt think it was all to do with the contract but the players do need to step up, Salah was always a bit meh after a new contract for example.
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The only team desperate enough to pay for a player in January that they could get for free in 5 months time is us. And weāre probably not in a position to sell anyway.
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Tremendous footballer. Has schooled our midfield twice already this season.
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