IF Koubailly is available we will be way down the list of suitors.
PSG,City ,United and others will have the cash to buy him
Lets wait and see. Apparently he may have rejected PSG. United I'm not so sure how well they shift into the new normal with massive cuts to sponsorship and the Glazers in charge, or if he really fancies playing for OGS. City again yes maybe. I mean he doesn't strike me as a classic Pep signing, but if I was Pep he'd be top of my list this summer.
I know United seem to be going hard for him, to seen a lot on City being linked though. If any of those are serious on him he will go there. However if the window drags on and they haven't sold him then you never know. We become an option.
I'll be frank, I think prices start off slower this window and gradually shrink. There may be a full on moment of collapse ah la the oil prices. But either way, the price at the end will be a lot lower than anything we are used too, probably even now in terms of prices, where sellers will try to match players at prices close to what they want.
Brands has shown he's prepared to hang in late into the window, and I think if we can do this again, there will be some real bargains to be had, as sides get really desperate. Like, we need to sell someone or we may go into administration desperate.
Koulibaly to me fits the profile we saw of Zaha last year, of a special talent. Turns 28 late in the summer and would probably need to be a "Moshiri" authorities signing. I didn't agree with it with Zaha, but I'm on board with Koulibaly. If he were to come, you change plans as a manager, you play Holgate in midfield. You go to 3 at the back etc. He's a fantastic bonus.
But yes I digress, if he gets matched early it won't be us, but if there's no resolution and it drags, we probably become quite excited.