After two complicated seasons in the capital, Randal Kolo Muani took the direction of England. His first words under his new colors are a communication model … or a perfectly adjusted spike.
He could have been silent. Go on tiptoe, without making waves. But
Randal Kolo Muani, freshly loaned to Tottenhamwanted to express themselves during its formalization. And his first words, apparently very agreed, badly hide the bitterness of a Parisian adventure that turned into a fiasco. Arrived for 90 million euros, the French international has never managed to win, crossed by competition and a blatant lack of confidence on the part of Luis Enrique.
Kolo Muani: “A Si Grand Club”
The message is subtle, but it is there. “I am really happy and very proud to be in such a big club”said Kolo Muani. By insisting on the greatness of Tottenham, he highlights, in light what may have missed in Paris: a feeling of belonging, recognition. He does not say it, but we understand it: in London, he already feels desired. He adds that he “Will fight for the jersey, the club and the fans”. A promise of total dedication, as if to say that in Paris, we did not really give him the opportunity to do so.
This is the whole story of its passage to PSG. A permanent misunderstanding. A player recruited at gold prices, but never installed, never put in confidence. A loan to Juventus to relaunch, where he shone (10 goals in 22 games), before a return to Paris this summer … to be pushed again. The club no longer wanted him, it is obvious.
The first words of Kolo Muani in Tottenham, the tackle masked at PSG
The revenge of a banished
His arrival in Tottenham therefore looks like revenge. He says it himself, he knows “What the coach expects from (him)”. A sentence that says a lot. Have we only taken the time to explain to him in Paris? Not sure. The attacker arrives in the Premier League with a wolf's hunger, the desire to prove to everyone, and especially to his former leaders, whom they were wrong.
This scenario is a classic of modern football. A player who does not correspond to the vision of a coach, an expensive transfer which becomes a weight … Kolo Muani is neither the first nor the last. But his first words in England betray an injury. That of a talent that had the feeling of not being respected at its fair value. PSG is warned: the “banished” of the capital may well become the executioner, especially since the two clubs are called upon to compete soon in C1.
