Randal Kolo Muani has reportedly given his personal green light to a permanent return to Juventus this summer, with Italian outlet La Gazzetta dello Sport confirming the French international is keen to head back to the Allianz Stadium after spending the second half of the 2024-25 campaign in Turin. This is a story of a footballer who never truly settled in north London, and whose heart stayed somewhere between Turin and Paris throughout the entire loan arrangement.
How has he fared at Spurs this season?
Kolo Muani joined Tottenham on loan on 1 September 2025, making his first appearance as a substitute in a Champions League win over Villarreal, before suffering a dead leg in training that kept him out for weeks. He also fractured his jaw in November following a collision with Harry Maguire, requiring him to wear a specialised mask for a period. Those physical setbacks essentially defined the trajectory of Kolo Muani’s time in the Premier League.
Across 23 league appearances, accumulating 1,236 minutes, he has managed just one Premier League goal while taking 15 shots with a shooting accuracy of just 20 per cent, committing 2.40 fouls per 90 minutes. The French striker’s average FotMob rating in the Premier League stands at a modest 6.29. However, his Champions League contributions tell a different story, producing four goals and two assists in five starts at a rating of 7.20. Across all competitions, he has appeared 34 times, scoring five goals and registering four assists.
The contrast between his European and domestic output is genuinely telling. Kolo Muani functions best against high defensive lines with space behind. It is something Premier League sides rarely offer, and struggles when pressing intensity demands constant horizontal movement without positional reward.
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PSG have made it clear they seek a permanent solution rather than another loan, with the striker also set to leave Spurs regardless of whether the club survive the relegation battle. A creative swap arrangement involving Juventus forward Jonathan David has emerged as PSG’s preferred exit route, with both players valued at approximately €40 million. Spalletti, who reportedly labelled Kolo Muani “mini-Osimhen” after facing him with Napoli in the Champions League, values his ability to hold up play and bring teammates into the game.
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Kolo Muani’s current market value sits at €35.5 million, a steep fall from the nearly €90 million PSG paid for him in 2023. At 27, with Serie A suiting his movement-heavy style far better than England’s physical demands, the Juventus move makes more football sense than any alternative currently on the table.
