Some posters have been saying that he will be nothing more than cover for Vinny and Lescott but I think that he will be used quite a bit as Lescott has been looking shaky this season and if you look at the stats:
Partneship: Starts: Record: Win% Conceded: GAA: C.Sheets
Toure/Kompany 20 W10 D6 L4 50% 14 0.7 10
Lescott/Kompany 14 W10 D0 L4 71% 14 1.0 6
These stats show that the Kolo/Vinny partneship is a solid one and Kolo cannot just be seen as cover for Lescott, it will be interesting to see who will be the 1st choice this year