JT partnered former Juventus man Angelo Ogbonna for the first time against Charlton and was very impressed with him and another newcomer Dimitri Payet.
Speaking to the official site, he said:“It was nice to play alongside another partner, his English is quite good so he was talking quite a lot which was good.
“It’sgoing to be a good contest to see who’s going to play there at the start of the season as we have a lot of good individuals at centre half.
“I relish that competition for sure, it keeps you on your toes and shows you that’s nobody’s guaranteed a place.
“Saturday was my first chance to play with Payet and he gets in those holes and causes defences problems. He looks like a great acquisition for the team and if he can link up with Sakho like he did a few times today then we’ll get bundles of goals.
“I enjoyed playing with him today, just like the others and Sakho’s looking sharp as ever as well.”