Juventus have made Randal Kolo Muani the clearest striker target in their summer rebuild, and Giovanni Carnevali has now said the club are trying to rebuild their rapport with Paris Saint Germain. The message is not that a deal is done. It is that Juventus still see him as the name to push for, with the player having already scored 8 goals in 16 Serie A appearances during his second-half loan spell last season.
Carnevali's stance on Kolo Muani
Carnevali was formally appointed this month as Juventus’s new director general and CEO, replacing Damien Comolli, and his first public line on the deal was blunt enough. "Kolo is a possibility because the talk has gone on for a long time. You know there were previous difficulties, so we are rebuilding our rapport with PSG, but we also need the right and acceptable conditions," he said to football-italia.net.
That framing fits the football as much as the politics. Kolo Muani was used in short bursts recently, with his latest appearance minutes listed at 29, and his most recent match rating was 6.3. Juventus are not chasing him because of a single hot game. They are chasing the fact he already knows the league and delivered enough on loan to stay at the front of the queue.
The money gap with Paris Saint Germain
The negotiation is still being shaped by valuation. Juventus’s opening offer was reportedly around €33m, while PSG are standing firm at €40m. Juventus are said to be willing to meet somewhere between the two, with €36m or €37m mentioned as possible compromise figures.
That gap is not huge, but it is big enough to keep this from becoming a simple return. PSG rejected the opening loan deal with a conditional obligation to buy, and the clubs still have to settle on the structure as well as the number. The background here is a striker market where Juventus need movement before the squad reports for pre-season on 13 July.
The case for pushing on is obvious enough from Juventus’s end. They finished 6th in Serie A, on 69 points, with 61 goals scored and 34 conceded. The attack is the side of the team that needs the most work, and Kolo Muani is now the clearest candidate to lead it.
The other part of the argument is form. Kolo Muani’s Champions League sample includes a 7.5 rating and 1 goal, which is enough to show Juventus are looking at a forward who can still produce at a higher level than his recent league cameos suggest. If the figures settle, the move makes football sense for a club that has already identified striker recruitment as a priority.
Carnevali also said: "The goalkeeper and striker are priorities, these are fundamental roles for a team. We have to work calmly, because as of today there are some economic demands that are very elevated." That is the cleanest read of Juventus’s summer. They need a striker, they have picked one, and now they have to negotiate through PSG’s price and their own limits before 13 July.
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