Salomon Kalou? No, just no.

Salomon Kalou is a conundrum.  Is he any good? Was he ever good?  When he transferred from Feyenoord to Chelsea in 2006, he was coming off two productive years where he scored 42 goals in 80 matches in all competitions.  Interestingly enough, his strike mate at the Eredivisie club was Dirk Kuyt, who scored 61 goals in 82 matches over that same span.

The first season for the 21-year-old Ivorian at Stamford Bridge was mildly successful as he bagged seven goals and assisted on five more in 1931 minutes played.  Though seemingly a 'transition' year, Kalou would fail to improve much on those numbers for his remaining stay with the Blues.  He would only manage 36 goals and 25 assists in 156 league appearances and was let go on a free to Lille.

Unfortunately, Ligue 1 hasn't treated him much better:

	npgp90	gcp90	ccp90	ap90	ccv
2013-14	0.32	0.64	1.57	0.17	11.1
2012-13	0.53	0.7	1.27	0.12	9.7
	pass%	bp%	sacc%	shot%	TTI90
2013-14	75.9	47.9	48.9	17	15.8
2012-13	75.6	45.7	46.5	19.7	17.9
	gap90	gsp90	gop90	tgop	gopd90
2013-14	0.7	1.28	0.58	0.53	0.05
2012-13	0.9	1.76	0.86	0.5	0.36

He has scored 30 goals in 66 matches, 6 of those were penalties though.  His passing is painfully average, he turns over the ball too frequently, and his chance created values are nothing to get excited about.  At 29, Kalou is the poster boy for 'unreached potential'.

The Liverpool is somehow linked to Kalou, but I don't think he's even worth the pitch time on a free.  I'd rather see Ibe get more playing time than waste it on a 29-year-old forward who couldn't prove his worth in six seasons at Chelsea.