Jean-Pierre Papin’s comments on the position of Randal Kolo Muani at PSG or with the Blues are not understood by everyone.
Thursday in the columns of Parisian, Jean-Pierre Papin spoke of the difficulties encountered by Randal Kolo Muani since his arrival this summer in the ranks of Paris Saint-Germain. “ I can understand his difficulties, because we brought him in as number 9, but he is not a number 9. The real 9 of PSG today is Ramos. He is a lane player who can be as good as Dembélé. He can help out in the axis. But being a starter, when you have the entire team, is complicated. » An analysis that Bertrand Latour does not share.
Follower of the Blues for the channel The Team, the journalist gave his opinion on the subject. “ I do not share Jean-Pierre Papin’s statement. I don’t at all claim to know the position better than him, obviously, but Randal Kolo Muani, since he emerged at FC Nantes, we have almost systematically seen him in the number 9 position. happened very occasionally, even in the French team, where he plays as a right winger. He has a register that is indeed different from a surface attacker like Olivier Giroud, but there is not only one way to exist as a top attacker.“
A doubt linked to the high level
For the observer, Randal Kolo Muani should therefore not be definitively ruled out from the number 9 position, even if he has a slightly different profile. “ He shines more when he has spaces to swallow, rather than facing grouped blocks against which he has a lot of difficulty. Difficulties which have become much more glaring since he was at PSG. » If he believes that Randal Kolo Muani has “ gaps“, Bertrand Latour is therefore not closed to the idea of continuing to see the player being aligned in a leading position, even if he admitted another doubt.
“ His shortcomings make me doubt his ability to play and impose himself at the highest level, but I don’t see why we would invent him as a corridor player now, when what allowed him to reach PSG and to Being in the French team means precisely being number 9 in Frankfurt. » The Parisian offensive player will once again have the opportunity to try to silence the critics, provided that Didier Deschamps continues to trust him during the two matches that the Blues will play, next Saturday and Tuesday, respectively against Gibraltar and Greece, in the Euro 2024 qualifiers.
