sorry Willo, Wrong, he played 206 games at Anderlecht all at CD, between 20 and 24 where he learnt his trade. and has been played out of position in some games for us and west spam.

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

If you look on Transfermkt, you can get a detailed breakdown of every game any player has played and in what position. fantastic information

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

And let's get back on topic. I hope we can get Kabak and at a reasonable price both fee and wages. What he earned at Liverpool isn't that relevant. More to the point, what was he earning at Schalke?

I doubt whether he was earning anywhere near what Liverpool were paying him and it must have hurt his bank account to revert to his Schalke wages.

Schalke are rumoured to ne brassic after relegation and are desperate to sell him so perhaps a satisfactory deal can be done although there must be other clubs looking at him as a potential bargain

It doesn’t matter to much whether Kouyate, is central defender or Mid field. What matters is he can’t do both at the same time.
The point being in effect we are short of in one or the other positions
The beauty of players as versatile as Kouyate is when you have long injury lists they can cover . IMHO, we need someone, maybe, Kabak, anyway, if we lose ! Cahill, Dann, and Sako, and Kouyate could return to bolstering the mid field.

To my ageing eyes, Joachim Andersen never appeared to be the quickest (But no slouch) and at times was found wanting when having to turn quickly when confronted with an opposition player.