The fee has already been reduced significantly, I'd be surprised if Bloom agreed to an even smaller amount. And two months is quite a wait for both RDZ and Marseille.
Possibly Marseille's Jordan Veretout, who scored against us in the away game? 31 and has a year left on his contract. Nowhere as young or prolific as KDH, with five goals and five assists across all competitions last season, but could do a job.
If we were prepared to spend more there's also...
In that you wouldn't sign him or we don't tend to sign 28 year olds? Because 36 goal involvements in 37 appearances across all competitions is impressive, even in a second division.
Again, this is true of kids - such as Barco whom you cited as an example of a signing that had nothing to do with our manager - but less so of experienced players, of whom we have too few, so it's a valid concern.
Even taking into account that Duran is a year younger and scored a few more goals in fewer minutes this past season I wouldn’t make the trade. Fofana did what he did playing for a relegation side, Duran for a team that qualified for Champions League.