Tottenham Receive Concerning Message Over Signing Aston Villa, Newcastle Target From PSG

After negotiations with Juventus fell through, PSG has loaned Randal Kolo Muani to Tottenham Hotspur for the 2025-26 season, according to journalist Ben Jacobs. The move gives the French forward an opportunity to rediscover the form he displayed in Italy, as a permanent transfer was not financially viable.

In the closing hours of the summer transfer window, Kolo Muani had been linked with Aston Villa and Newcastle United, but Tottenham ultimately landed the forward for the season.

Spurs are off to a good start in the Premier League, having won two of their first three matches, but they did lose this past weekend to Bournemouth, which led to a concerning take from an insider.

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On ESPN FC, journalist Julien Laurens shared a concerning message to Thomas Frank and his team, noting that he has questions about whether Kolo Muani will have an impact on the attack this season.

“But I’m not sure how much him arriving at the club,” Laurens said. “And yet there’s Richarlison and [Dominic] Solanke, and I can see him playing ahead of them, too, if he does better and if he takes his chances and stuff like that.

“I’m just not sure how much this moved the needles for Spurs in a huge season where they would be back in the Champions League, have quite a tough fixture list in that league phase, plus the league where, as we saw already against Bournemouth, they were so inoffensive.

“I’m not sure, Kolo Muani, if you bring him instead of Richarlison in the team that lost to Bournemouth on Saturday in the whole 90 minutes, that Kolo Muani changes this. I’m not sure this was the right profile, but at least they just have, again, another body.”