Cast your mind back to the winter of 2024. Tottenham Hotspur were needing another offensive reinforcement in the January transfer window and were heavily linked with PSG wide forward Randal Kolo Muani. It was a whole thing — RKM looked like the priority option but he ultimately decided to sign on loan with Juventus instead of heading to North London. Spurs went on to sign a younger PSG wide forward with arguably a higher ceiling — Mathys Tel, whom they purchased outright this summer.
Now it’s eight
months later and, as predictable as the tides, French journalists are again linking Kolo Muani with Tottenham Hotspur. Here’s Sebastien Vidal.
⭐️EXCL⭐️ Tottenham have opened talks with PSG for Randal Kolo Muani
— Sébastien Vidal (@SebEcrivainFoot) August 1, 2025
The striker, valued at £43m, scored 10 goals in 22 games on loan at Juventus.
Juve want him back but Spurs are pushing to bring him to the Premier League. #THFC #PSG #Transfers #KoloMuani
The difference this time is that it doesn’t appear Spurs are that interested. As stated, Juventus are interested in keeping RKM this summer and making the deal permanent, but they’re locked in negotiations over the transfer fee and Juventus are dragging their feet.
Kolo Muani and Tel basically play in the same position, and while Spurs are reportedly in for one more attacker this summer it doesn’t really make much sense to sign another left winger. My guess is that this rumor is Kolo Muani’s agent or PSG manufacturing a market for his client by linking him back to a club that had interest in the not so recent past. In other words, RKM wants to stay at Juventus and Juventus wants to keep RKM; this is just his agent trying to get Juventus to move their ass.
Buuuuuuuuuuut on the other hand, Spurs have made some moves that I 100% would not have made (o hai Palhinha) and I am not a member of Johan Lange’s staff, nor do I have a listening device surreptitiously placed inside their board room. So I can’t rule out the possibility that Spurs actually are interested in Randal Kolo Muani, or that he’s on a list somewhere.
Betting on Tottenham Hotspur not to be dumb in the transfer market at times feels like a sucker’s bet, but I still don’t think this is anything we should be paying close attention to. You probably shouldn’t either.
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