In Ghislain Konan, Cesar Peixoto has signed a participant he is aware of will match his system at Wolves completely, after the pair labored collectively at Gil Vicente final season.
Wolves moved for the left-back following the mortgage departure of David Moller Wolfe, and the Ivory Coast worldwide arrives having performed underneath Peixoto 31 instances final season, earlier than representing his nation at the World Cup.
The 30-year-old will now problem Hugo Bueno on the left and it’s that competitiveness between teammates which the head coach believes will carry out the aggressive nature in the gamers on a matchday.
On being reunited with Konan
“I’m happy as a result of he’s a good participant, an skilled worldwide participant. We have been fortunate at Gil Vicente to have him as a result of it was an essential yr for him to go to the Africa Cup of Nations and the World Cup. Gil Vicente don’t usually have the capability to carry this stage of participant to their workforce.
“He’s one of the captains of Ivory Coast and is a player we needed to replace ‘Wolfie’ and I think he has the capacity and quality to play at this level because he’s played at the highest level before.”
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On the attributes he’ll carry
“He’s very robust and goes quick one versus one. He’s a very skilled man and performed a lot of worldwide video games along with his nationwide workforce, and he performed in France, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Portugal – he offers us capability to remain aggressive with two gamers per place like I would like. I’m joyful and it’s good for the workforce.
“He hasn’t trained with a team [this summer], he trained alone, so needs time to be fit. To understand my idea of the game is easier because he played with me last year and he has a similar idea of the game, so the process is easier for him. Training alone isn’t the same as being with the team, but he’ll start to have minutes in the games. He’s a strong guy with a lot of physicality and he’ll quickly be an option to play.”
On having a aggressive group
“I belief all of the gamers and I confirmed that from the first second I got here to the membership. It’s regular that some gamers play greater than others, however I look to the squad in the similar approach, as a result of we’ve a lot of video games, the Championship is a robust season, 46 video games. We must have high quality choices to alter the gamers, whether or not that’s resting or accidents, so gamers have to combat one another to play in the beginning eleven.
“If you are competitive in the week, you’re going to stay competitive at the weekend against opponent teams. Konan is a player I know well, but he has to work hard to play because we have Hugo who is a great player. He’s in amazing form, has played very well since the first moment, and Konan is going to have to work hard. We need to stay with a positive energy to stay competitive.”