Tottenham Hotspur are looking at signing a new attacker this month.
Randal Kolo Muani has been linked to Spurs, and Kolo Muani is close to agreeing terms with Tottenham.
However, a deal isn’t sealed just yet, and Tottenham do still have some negotiating to do with PSG.
Indeed, according to Dean Jones, speaking on the Ranks FC Podcast, Tottenham are somewhat apprehensive about doing a loan deal with an obligation to buy as they’re worried about signing another Timo Werner type player.
Werner has been at Tottenham for 12 months now, and the German’s performances simply haven’t been up to scratch in that time.
Tottenham’s concern with Randal Kolo Muani
Jones says that Tottenham aren’t willing to do an obligation to buy deal for Kolo Muani as they don’t want to get burned on this one.
Tottenham signed Timo Werner on loan last season, and it’s fair to say Werner isn’t performing as expected.
The stats show that Werner and Kolo Muani aren’t all that different.
Understandably, Spurs aren’t too keen to commit to Kolo Muani after this level of form in recent times.
“They’re not going to do an obligation because they don’t want to get burned on it. And there’s a chance he’s like Timo Werner or something. And I know Werner hasn’t got an obligation, but it’s just as well because they would be not very happy with that.
“You don’t really know that Kolo Muani is definitely going to fit in. But if there’s an option on it, I suppose they’re definitely open to the idea of signing him, whereas some of the other teams in for him, like Juventus, aren’t so much. For Kolo Muani himself, this is a really key stage of his career.”
The deal PSG are willing to do for Randal Kolo Muani
Tottenham don’t want to do an obligation to buy for Kolo Muani, but PSG are open to a different type of deal.
Indeed, according to Duncan Castles, speaking on The Transfers Podcast, PSG are open to doing a loan swap deal for Kolo Muani.
“The general feeling about the market is that there are very few clubs with cash to spend, especially in this dimension of transfer, immediately, and therefore if PSG can’t get a sale, they will look for a loan with an obligation to buy in the first place,” Castles said.
“If that is unachievable, they will then then look at the potential of a loan swap deal, which you would think might make Manchester United more of a potential candidate in that Manchester United have Marcus Rashford, who Paris Saint-Germain looked quite aggressively at signing a couple of seasons ago.
“But again, although Rashford is for sale and is being offered around by his agents around the top European clubs with interest from Milan and Borussia Dortmund so far and alone, I am told that PSG are not keen on Rashford now, partly because Luis Enrique doesn’t like him as a player and doesn’t think he will fit into his system.”
Whether or not Tottenham have any players that will pique PSG’s interest in this way is unclear, but this is a potential route that Spurs could go down if they want to get this deal done.
Kolo Muani could well be on the move in the near future.