Juventus Moves Closer to Signing Kolo Muani as PSG Deal Nears
Juventus edge closer to Kolo Muani as Carnevali signals breakthrough with PSG
The clock is ticking in Turin, but Juventus are finally sounding confident.
After weeks of talks with Paris Saint-Germain over Randal Kolo Muani, club CEO Giovanni Carnevali has hinted that the finish line may now be in sight. Asked on Wednesday what was still missing before a deal could be completed, his answer was brief and telling: “I hope not a lot.”
For a club still without a new centre-forward less than a month before the 2026-27 Serie A season kicks off, those words carry weight.
A hole down the middle
Dusan Vlahovic’s contract expired on June 30, leaving Luciano Spalletti without the focal point he had built much of his attacking structure around. Juventus have kept the door slightly ajar for the Serbian, maintaining contact over a possible extension, but their recruitment department has not waited around.
They have scoured the market. Different profiles, different price points. One name, though, has steadily risen to the top of the list: Randal Kolo Muani.
The Frenchman knows Turin already. During the second half of the 2024-25 campaign, he arrived on loan and made an immediate impact, scoring eight goals in just 16 Serie A appearances. Not just numbers, but presence: runs in behind, aggression in the box, the kind of vertical threat that fits neatly with Spalletti’s ideas.
That half-season was effectively an audition. He passed.
The structure of the deal
PSG have never hidden their valuation. Around €50m has been the benchmark, a figure that initially looked like a major obstacle for Juventus.
So the Italians adjusted the formula.
Reports this week outlined a new proposal sent to Paris: a season-long loan with an obligation to buy for €40m, plus performance-related add-ons. Those bonuses are structured to push the total package close to the €50m mark PSG have been holding out for.
It is the kind of compromise that often seals these late-summer negotiations. Guaranteed money that respects Juventus’ financial planning, upside that satisfies PSG’s stance.
Carnevali’s carefully chosen words suggest both sides now understand the framework. The gap is no longer about the idea of the transfer, but the final details.
Spalletti’s missing piece
For Spalletti, the timing matters as much as the name.
Pre-season systems only truly settle when the starting striker is in place. Movements, pressing triggers, combinations with the wide players – all of it flows from the No 9. The longer Juventus wait, the more they risk starting the campaign with a key role still in flux.
Kolo Muani offers continuity and evolution at once. He knows the league, he knows the city, and he has already shown he can score in this shirt. Yet at 27, with Champions League experience behind him at clubs like Tottenham Hotspur and PSG, he would arrive as more than just a familiar loanee returning. He would be the new reference point in attack.
Juventus have made their choice. PSG have named their price. Carnevali has broken cover to hint that the endgame has begun.
Now the question is not whether Kolo Muani will lead the line in Turin, but whether Juventus can get him through the door in time to shape their season rather than save it.
