Juventus Pursues Kolo Muani Again as Striker Signals Openness
Juventus have gone back in for Randal Kolo Muani. This time, the French striker is said to be completely open to a return to Turin for the 2026-27 season – and the Bianconeri sense an opportunity they do not want to miss twice.
A Loan Spell That Left a Mark
Kolo Muani’s first stint in black and white was brief but convincing. Arriving from PSG on loan for the second half of the 2024-25 campaign, he needed little time to settle. Sixteen Serie A games, eight goals. A strike every other match, and the feeling that Juventus had finally found a forward who could both stretch defences and finish with authority.
The image lingers: February 26, 2025, at the Allianz Stadium, Coppa Italia quarter-final. Kolo Muani battling with Liberato Cacace of Empoli, driving at defenders, a constant outlet. It was the kind of performance that made Juventus believe he could be a long-term solution, not just a mid-season fix.
They tried to make that happen. Talks with PSG followed that summer, but the numbers never aligned. Instead of staying in Turin, Kolo Muani was sent to Tottenham Hotspur on loan, a move that would derail his momentum.
From Turin Highs to London Struggles
If his months at Juventus showcased his potential, his season at Tottenham exposed the other side of his career. The 2026-27 Premier League campaign was brutal. One goal in 30 league appearances. For a forward with his pedigree, that return tells its own story.
The struggles were not his alone. Tottenham flirted with disaster, escaping relegation to the Championship by just two points. It was a season defined by tension and survival rather than progress, and Kolo Muani found himself on the periphery more often than in the spotlight.
Yet even as his stock dipped in England, the interest from Turin never fully disappeared. According to Fabrizio Romano, Juventus made more than one attempt to prise him away during the 2025-26 season. Each time, then-Spurs head coach Thomas Frank said no. The Dane blocked a departure even though Kolo Muani was far from a guaranteed starter in his XI.
Juventus Scent a Second Chance
Now the landscape has shifted again. PSG, still under no financial pressure, are not pushing to reintegrate Kolo Muani into their plans. He remains an asset rather than a priority. That stance has opened a door for Juventus, who have re-established contact with the player’s camp and are working to finally close a deal that has twice slipped through their fingers.
This time, the player’s position is clear. As Romano reports, Kolo Muani has shown “total openness” to returning to Juventus. For a club that remembers his impact in Serie A, that phrase carries weight. It means a forward who knows the league, knows the stadium, and has already proved he can deliver in their shirt is ready to come back.
Juventus are now negotiating from a position of familiarity. They know what he can offer when confident and properly used. PSG know he is not central to their project. The question is no longer whether Kolo Muani wants Turin, but whether Juventus can finally turn long-standing interest into a permanent reunion.
If they do, the striker who once lit up the Allianz Stadium on a short loan may yet find his long-term home in the same colours – and a chance to rewrite the story that stalled in North London.
