While Didier Deschamps wants to make him his starting number 9 in the France team, Randal Kolo Muani is having a hard time finding his best level of play since the start of the season.
Things moved very quickly for Randal Kolo Muani. Free leaving FC Nantes to join Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer of 2022, the French striker has continued to progress. Called up almost at the last minute by Didier Deschamps for the 2022 World Cup, the player distinguished himself during the Qatari competition before continuing the season with more than interesting standards. Enough to push Paris Saint-Germain to recruit him in the last days of the 2023 summer transfer window. But since then, things have been a little more complicated for Randal Kolo Muani and some are asking questions.
On the set of the channel The Team, Olivier Rouyer took stock of the situation and was not very gentle with the offensive team. “ I think we were a little too hasty with him. He was a good starter, especially when he came in against tired defenses. I take the example of the final (of the 2022 World Cup) against Argentina. You realize that the Argentines are finished and so we see, he has space. I think we were too quick. Maybe we got carried away. »And the former international drives home the point. “ In my opinion, this player is not worth the 90 million for his transfer from Frankfurt (to PSG). This is not true.“
“That’s what’s worrying”
However, Olivier Rouyer tried to look for some positive points. “ If (Kylian) Mbappé asked for it, it’s because it’s perhaps not just the pitch. There is a way of finding oneself because he has good automatisms that we perhaps don’t see as quickly as we hoped. » But the former teammate and also friend of Michel Platini finally came clean. “ There is still something extraordinary, which is that this evening (against the Netherlands), you play practically seventy minutes and you are never within sixteen meters and fifty at key moments. That’s what’s worrying. » If he is aligned by Didier Deschamps, Randal Kolo Muani will try to restore confidence to observers this Tuesday against Scotland.
