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Tottenham is moving to recruit a new striker.
Reporter Santi Ona, an expert in the European football transfer market, said on his personal SNS on the 1st (Korea time), `Tottenham wants Randall Colomuani. Negotiations are already under way,' the report said.
Aouda said 'Colomuani has not been agreed to go to Juventus, but positive talks are underway. Negotiations between Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) have been suspended for weeks. The two clubs failed to reach an agreement. Manchester United and Newcastle are also watching the situation.
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Born in 1998, Colomuani was one of the outstanding strikers in Europe for Frankfurt until 2023. Having attracted tremendous attention for his performance at the time, he left Frankfurt in the summer of 2023 and joined PSG. Considering the performance at the time, Colomuani's transfer was natural. As a member of Frankfurt, he scored 23 goals and 14 assists in the 2022-2023 season, and was considered one of the best strikers in the Bundesliga. As a member of the French national team, he even took the stage in the final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Heading to PSG, I got more expectations. Along with Kylian Mbappe, Usman Dembele and Gonzalo Hamus, he recorded a transfer fee of 90 million euros (about 144 billion won) with the evaluation that he would be in charge of the PSG offense. However, Colomuani's life at PSG is not smooth. Since the first season, many games have been played on the bench, behind Mbappe, Dembele, and Hamus. He started only 13 league games.
The 2024-2025 season was worse. He has only started two of his 10 league appearances, and most of them have been benched in the European Champions League. Despite Hamus' injury, Luis Enrique also preferred the tactic of using Lee Kang-in and Marco Asensio as fake No. 9 instead of using Colomuani as the front line. I had no choice but to leave the team.
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The team that reached out to Colomuani is Juventus. On loan, he wore a Juventus jersey. The start was a success. Colomuani, who opened the scoring against Napoli immediately after his debut, recovered his skills during his time in Frankfurt, scoring five goals in his first three games for Juventus. Since then, he has consistently maintained his good performance and has been active with four goals and two assists in seven games during the month of February.
However, there was a problem. The tide has changed as head coach Thiago Mota was replaced for poor performance. Tudor, who was newly appointed, immediately excluded Colomuani from the starting line-up from the first game. He failed to maintain his outstanding performance by going back and forth between the main players and the bench. The summer transfer market opened and Juventus attempted to completely recruit Colomuani. However, negotiations with PSG were not easy and an agreement could not be reached. Tottenham is the club that participated in the negotiations in this process. Tottenham continues to try to reinforce its offense this summer. Colomuani emerged as one of the candidates. Tottenham Hotspur News reported that `Columuani is a perfect fit for Tottenham.'
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If Colomouni heads to Tottenham, he will work with Son Heung-min and Yang Min-hyuk following Lee Kang-in. However, Colomuani's joining could serve as a negative factor for the two players. Colomuani, who plays both wingers and front-line strikers, is actually a direct competitor for the positions of the two players. Considering that Son Heung-min is mentioned as a counterpart to recent transfer rumors, Yang Min-hyuk is also likely to affect the two players' future if he joins Colomuani.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
