Randal Kolo Muani Agrees To Join Tottenham On Loan From Psg

Thomas Frank has completed a indebtedness move for Paris Saint-Germain’s Randal Kolo Muani to boost his attacking options – and deepen his Champions League squad action headache.

Kolo Muani had been a premier target for Juventus, for whom he played connected indebtedness from PSG complete nan 2nd half of past season, scoring 10 goals. But nan Serie A nine were incapable to work together a woody for him, admitting conclusion complete nan play and moving alternatively for Loïs Openda from RB Leipzig.

Spurs had been willing successful Kolo Muani successful January erstwhile Ange Postecoglou was their manager. They person now moved decisively to unafraid him connected a season-long statement pinch nary responsibility to make things imperishable adjacent summer.

Kolo Muani, who has 31 caps and 9 goals for France, tin play up beforehand aliases disconnected nan left. The 26-year-old costs €75m positive €15m successful add-ons erstwhile he joined PSG successful 2023 from Eintracht Frankfurt and Spurs will registry him arsenic a non locally-trained elder subordinate successful nan Champions League.

The nine already had excessively galore of this floor plan of player; they are permitted to sanction up to 17 of them connected their 25-man “A”’ list. A further complication is that they are allowed to person only 4 association-trained players and they person six – Djed Spence, Ben Davies, Archie Gray, James Maddison, Brennan Johnson and Dominic Solanke.

Maddison has a semipermanent injuryand will not beryllium disposable for nan convention shape of nan Champions League, which concludes astatine nan extremity of January. Clubs tin registry a maximum of 3 caller players for nan knockout rounds. If Frank wanted to see each of nan different five, 1 of them would person to return a non locally-trained spot.

Uefa’s deadline for nan submission of Champion League squads is 11pm BST connected Tuesday and Frank is apt to person to omit a clutch of players. When nan nailed-on selections are factored in, it would look that Frank will person to take 2 from nan pursuing – Radu Dragusin, nan caller signing Kota Takai, Dejan Kulusevski, Wilson Odobert, Mathys Tel and nan overseas 1 retired from nan association-trained group. This group does not see Yves Bissouma, who is retired of favour and has been linked pinch a move to Turkey, wherever nan transportation model does not adjacent until Friday week.

Kulusevski whitethorn beryllium astatine consequence because he is expected to beryllium unavailable until astir nan move of nan twelvemonth arsenic he recovers from knee surgery. The last 2 ties of nan convention shape are scheduled for 20-21 January and 28 January. Complicating matters yet further is Spurs’ business pinch their club-trained players, who are nan different constituent of nan locally-trained cohort. They person only 1 – nan third-choice goalkeeper, Brandon Austin.

Kolo Muani, who will deterioration nan No 39 shirt, said: “I’m really happy and very proud to beryllium astatine specified a awesome club. I can’t hold to meet my teammates, each nan fans and to get retired connected nan pitch. I cognize what nan coach expects from me. I will conflict difficult for nan shirt, nan nine and nan fans. I will springiness everything for this team.”