Randal Kolo Muani’s return to Juventus after spending the second half of last season on loan is imminent, and it feels like it’s only a matter of time before the Frenchman is back in Turin and meeting up with the club he’s basically held out hope of signing with this summer.
As much as we have an idea of how the deal will be structured and how much that will end up costing the Bianconeri both this summer and next based on reporting earlier this week, there’s still be one relative unknown not that a deal looks extremely close from being finalized.
Like, what he’s actually going to be paid now that he looks to have more of a long-term future in Turin.
According to the Corriere dello Sport on Sunday, we have an idea of what that paycheck will look like once Kolo Muani officially arrives back at Juventus. It will involve the talented Frenchman making a decent amount less than he has during his time in Paris, with Kolo Muani reportedly set to earn a salary of €7 million net a season with Juve. That’s down from the reported salary of around €9 million net he earned during his time with Paris Saint-Germain — which, as we know, wasn’t exactly brief considering he fell out of favor with Luis Enrique early last season and that is why Juve was able to sign him on loan.
Also part of the reporting from the Corriere dello Sport is that taking a cut in his big salary — which, if it is around €7 million net, will still be one of the highest figures on the Juve roster for those not named Dusan Vlahovic — is part of Kolo Muani’s desire to try and get the deal finally pushed through to the finish line. Considering the fact that he has rejected basically every single proposition that has come his way since the Club World Cup came to an end — including the riches of the Premier League — it has been just another reminder of just how much Kolo Muani wanted Juventus and only Juventus.
Just Juve. That’s it. No other clubs.
Knowing that this will be a rather large financial investment both in terms of the overall transfer fee no matter how the deal is structured and for what Kolo Muani is reportedly set to be paid even with the pay cut will have a lot of pressure attached to it. That doesn’t matter who else ends up staying in the striker position. Kolo Muani will be looked upon to be just as productive — if not more — than he was during his loan spell last season.
He’s got the talent to do it. He’s going to get the chance to come back to a club he clearly wanted to return to. But there’s a lot riding on this investment during a summer in which no many other big-ish moves have been able to take place because of financial restraints.