Virgil van Dijk

[Irishnev]

Keep Kostas imo. Prem experience, decent player, and he's on moderate wages. It's robbo's place in the team that needs replacing in the summer.

Kostas seems happy in his squad role whereas Robbo still sees himself as the no 1. Im not sure how he’d fancy bring a back up tbh, he still has value and he’s on big wages. He’s been one of our greatest ever LBs but no room for sentiment now, thanks and goodbye

[super_xabi]

Mo and VVD like new signings!

Let's hope FSG don't view it like that

[Paul12]

Allison’s is up next season, right?

Isn't it 2027?

[Paul12]

when is gomez up?

2027

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Now we can try to sort out the 2026 contracts:
- Konate - renew if his demands are reasonable
- Kelleher - Sell
- Robertson - The aim should be to get a new first teamer, sell Tsimikas this summer, let Robertson's contract rundown and start giving Beck some games.
- Morton - Decision time. Probably sell, but we DO need some of tge younger midfielders to be good enough to start getting games.

Are there any others?

Then we can tackle 2027 contracts? Mo? Virgil? (And about 8 others!)

Need to get Konate signed up, Kelleher presumably wants to leave for regular game time. Morton is 22 now, 23 in October, he's had a couple of loan moves with regular games in the Championship, he has come back and barely got a sniff, I would be surprised if he is still here at the start of next season.Robertson is the one that needs thinking about, presumably we will look to sign a LB so it's a question of who stays and would he be happy not being a regular?

[baitman]

Need to get Konate signed up, Kelleher presumably wants to leave for regular game time. Morton is 22 now, 23 in October, he's had a couple of loan moves with regular games in the Championship, he has come back and barely got a sniff, I would be surprised if he is still here at the start of next season.Robertson is the one that needs thinking about, presumably we will look to sign a LB so it's a question of who stays and would he be happy not being a regular?

The days of robbos marauding runs and assists have passed him by, his pace checked out last year.
He needs to be shown the door, a great player in his day.

[Myo]

Keep Kostas imo. Prem experience, decent player, and he's on moderate wages. It's robbo's place in the team that needs replacing in the summer.

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Question might be would Tsimikas want to stay as back up? Age wise he is at his peak, he has spent last few years as Robbo's backup, if we bring in a younger LB would he want to stay and continue being backup or a squad option, when he could probably go elsewhere and be first choice?

[Kenneth]

Of all the players who might be unsettled by lack of game time, Kostas is the least likely I reckon.

[Paul12]

...it's a question of ... would he be happy not being a regular?

Would anyone?

[rudedog]

Would anyone?

Adrian never seemed too fussed

[danperkins]

Keep Kostas imo. Prem experience, decent player, and he's on moderate wages. It's robbo's place in the team that needs replacing in the summer.

[Exiled_red]

Would anyone?

He has been here for a few years, and had been OK, as a squad player, there hasn't been any suggestion of him wanting to leave before. But it depends what his expectations are, maybe he thought that he was being trained up to be Robertsons replacement, if we sign a new LB who comes in ahead of him that dynamic has changed. That might make him consider moving elsewhere to play regularly, as I say he is reaching the age where he should be athis peak, what does he want from his career? Some players might be happy as a squad player at a club like ours others might want to take a stepson to play regularly

Comparison with Robertson is he is someone who has been a regular here and won the lot, he might feel content sticking around as a squad player or may feel he still has a few years left somewhere as a regular.

Players views and wishes come into this decision too, but it seems unlikely we will sign a new LB and keep both.

[Tatterdemalion]

Very pleased Virg has signed a new contract. Chuffed about Mo as well, but VvD was the main one for me.

[Paul12]

Adrian never seemed too fussed

Woosh!