He's exactly the 'kind' of player I would like to see us sign, for those exact reasons.
We have loads of midfield players who can knock passes around & make 'interceptions' who could be drafted into a different role, but we don't have any deeper mids, other than Fern, who can also knock people around & run with the ball.
But, his 2nd touch sometimes seems to be a tackle & he's generally more raw & ungainly than a typical City player.
We lack a powerful dynamic deeper midfielder as an alternative though imo & he has a lot of that about him. If he could fit into our style, he would mix things up nicely.