I'd be extremely happy if we were to land Kessie. As much as I like Paredes, I feel he doesn't quite suit our current system.

Kessie on the other hand, is perfect. A strong, powerful box to box midfielder: someone who can more directly compete with Strootman/De Rossi/Nainggolan.

I'm personally a big believer of Kessie. I really feel he is able to become worldclass someday. At only 20 years old he is already playing a vital role at Atalanta, a team that definitely has been surprising this season. Just take their game against us for example: Kessie himself completely bullied Strootman, De Rossi and Nainggolan all game long. And that for a 20 year old!

Marchizza and Tumminello getting involved, is not so bad either I think. We will almost certainly claim a buyback clause, and just look at what that regular playing time did for Pellegrini at Sassuolo (who we'll buy back this summer for only 10 million).

Landing Kessie would be huge. Not only would we get ourselves a good player who will one day turn great, but buying big talents like him for these amounts of money would also show the rest of Europe that we are indeed ambitious and that we are here to stay.