He's certainly quick enough to be a back-up for our attacking positions, essentially a Mane back-up given he normally plays on the left (?) of the pitch. A touch put off by him being African in terms of AFCON as I'd rather the back-up to two of our African stars was available, but outside of that his goal return given the sides he has played for and age he is isn't to be sniffed at.
Folks may baulk at the £36m or so price tag but that's essentially funded by potential Wilson and Grujic sales, neither of whom we've been using, so in that context we could probably live with that.
Can foresee Edwards managing to get us a good deal if the interest from the red half of Manchester isn't too strong/genuine.
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