Randal Kolo Muani is among the top assist providers in the German league, the Bundesliga, despite his height of 187 cm and young age of 24. Thanks to his goal, Eintracht Frankfurt will face Napoli tonight in the Champions League match. Even at the World Cup, his performances convinced coach Deschamps and the fans. Let’s get to know the forward better.

Who is Randal Kolo Muani

The Eintracht forward was born on December 5, 1998, in Bondy, north of Paris, near Saint Denis in the Ile de France. The Bataclan terrorists hid in Saint Denis, known in the news as the ghetto. Mbappé was also born there.

He grew up in the youth sectors of Villepinte, Tremblay, and Torcy; during that time, he had two trials in Italy with L.R. Vicenza and Cremonese, but was not signed.

His name was already known to those who followed Ligue 1, as Randal Kolo Muani had already shown his skills in the last two seasons with the Nantes jersey. The Bondy native – a suburb of Paris where Mbappé, Ikoné, and Saliba also grew up – wore the yellow-green from 2015 to 2022, with a loan to Boulogne in the French third division (with two expulsions in the first 5 games) and many games played with the B team.

Eintracht moved very early to try to acquire the player, convinced of his potential for improvement, which the French Under 21 and Under 23 national teams had noticed: with the latter, he also experienced the Tokyo Olympics, although he finished without even one goal. A year later, the call from France came, for him who could also have been a player for the Democratic Republic of Congo, his family’s country of origin. In September, however, he said yes to the Bleus. The move to PSG in 2023, however, did not have the desired effects, and the forward might change teams to find more playing time.

Juventus’s Interest

Randal Kolo Muani, a forward born in 1998, could leave Paris Saint Germain in the January market to wear Juventus’s jersey. The forward, who is not among the starters of Luis Enrique’s team, is of great interest to the Old Lady and could be the perfect addition for coach Thiago Motta, who needs a backup for Vlahovic at least for the second half of this season.

His Numbers

The PSG forward is not finding much space in Ligue 1. Yet, the forward made a difference in the Bundesliga with the Eintracht Frankfurt jersey, recording 16 goals and 10 assists in a single season. Important numbers that brought him to the attention of the French club in 2023 and now to Juventus, looking for a backup for Vlahovic.

10 goals and 13 assists. Randal Kolo Muani continues to rise in his first season at Eintracht Frankfurt 📈 pic.twitter.com/yvjroCKwET

— B/R Football (@brfootball) January 30, 2023

Trivia

Thierry Henry compares him to Nwankwo Kanu for technical characteristics. However, Kolo Muani had no idea who Kanu was and looked him up on YouTube as soon as he heard about the comparison. “Wow, Kanu was incredible!”

The first serious experience was at Nantes, but before that, Kolo Muani had trials with Vicenza and Cremonese, without managing to get signed. Until a few years ago, he was playing in the third division, at Boulogne.

From Nantes, Randal could have moved to Milan in the summer of 2021, with the Rossoneri looking for a forward to partner with Ibra and Giroud. In the end, the offer until 2027 from Eintracht prevailed, although the forward has already left Germany to wear the PSG jersey.