We've been flirting with Kalou for years.
I'm sure we've known his contractual situation inside out ever since he stopped being a regular at Chelsea. So this would not surprise me at all—it'd be similar to the last minute deals of 2011. We are making signing supplicants a specialty.
It would be underwhelming to bring a player back to England who has first been put on the fringe at a rival PL club, and then put out to pasture in Ligue 1. He would score a couple.