2023-09-01 23:09:23
Spectacular turnaround in crazy transfer poker for Eintracht Frankfurt’s star striker Randal Kolo Muani: The attacker, who went on a training strike with the German Bundesliga club, switched back to his home country to French champions Paris Saint-Germain. The clubs confirmed this on Saturday night.
According to the Eintracht announcement, Paris is transferring a fee of 95 million euros for Kolo Muani, whose contract with Hessen ran until 2027 and did not include an exit clause. The 24-year-old has signed a five-year contract with PSG and will play alongside his national team-mates Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé.
“We would have liked to have seen Randal with us longer and had always communicated this accordingly in the past few weeks. Ultimately, the developments of the past few hours and the associated economic parameters, which mean record income for Eintracht Frankfurt through a player transfer, were decisive,” Frankfurt’s sports director Markus Krösche justified the transfer.
Kolo Muani went on a training strike on Wednesday to force the move and also missed Thursday’s Conference League play-off second leg against Levski Sofia (2-0). For a long time, however, it looked as if he would not be successful, because Eintracht had initially broken off negotiations with Paris without an agreement. In the evening, however, PSG increased its previous offer of around 90 million euros again and was successful with the final offer.
On the one hand, the transfer fee for Eintracht was not correct, on the other hand, Hugo Ekitiké from Paris Saint-Germain, who was planned to replace Kolo Muani, was not signed. Despite the lack of a successor for the top scorer, the Hessians later gave in and gave the vice world champion the go.
For Frankfurt, Kolo Muani was a sporting and economic transfer hit. The striker, who came on a free transfer from FC Nantes in 2022, was not only the third-best scorer with 15 goals in his first and last Bundesliga season, but also the striker with the most scorer points with a further 16 assists. Now Eintracht can also look forward to a record income.
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