The Anti-Modern Full-Back: Why Ghislain Konan could be a perfect fit for Peixoto’s Wolves
08.09.26, 06:30 Updated 07.09.26, 21:32
Tom Gibson
“He has the capacity and quality to play at this level because he’s played at the highest level before,” said Cesar Peixoto, on completing the signing of his former Gil Vicente player.
“We were lucky at Gil Vicente to have him because it was an important year for him to go to the Africa Cup of Nations and the World Cup. Gil Vicente don’t normally have the capacity to bring this level of player to their team.”
We live in an era where full-backs are increasingly judged by how often they get forward, how many chances they create and how good their end product is. Ghislain Konan is the opposite of that. Piexoto has brought him to the club to defend.
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Tom Gibson is a graduate of the University of Derby's football journalism course and an accredited UEFA journalist. He has already amassed plenty of experience working for PA, Wolves Foundation and in the club's media department on a voluntary basis covering the women's and under-21s teams.