I did know who you meant but I'd have to see him score a couple of hundred Premier League (plus cup competiton) goals for us before I could make the comparison!
Didn't Ivory Coast FA jump the gun on Bony too? It's happened before that a governing body has preempted news on a transfer.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/11759857.Confusion_over_Djuricic__deal_/ The Echo seems to think we backed off as the deal to take him on loan was too complicated.
It'll be great to bring in a player or two, I'm sure Koeman knows if players will fit the system so am just assuming anyone linked officially with us must be pretty good or they wouldn't be linked. I'm a trusting soul really