Meet Randal Kolo Muani, the Tottenham and Man Utd target who’ll forever be haunted by the goal he DIDN’T score
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EVEN Randal Kolo Muani admits that his World Cup final miss will haunt him forever. But a move to the Premier League could be a big step in burying that memory and reigniting his career after he was frozen out at Paris Saint-Germain. Tottenham are leading the chase for the France international, 26, with Manchester United also in the hunt.
![[Randal Kolo Muani has been out of favour at PSG]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-25-league-phase-md2-962188766.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
And they hope RKM can reproduce the form that made him a star at Eintracht Frankfurt, rather than the moment that he is best remembered for outside Germany. It was 3-3 in stoppage time at the end of extra-time in the most incredible World Cup final of all time when Kolo Muani had the chance to win it for France.
![[Kolo Muani was thwarted by Emi Martinez in the World Cup final]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/epa10372782-goalkeeper-emiliano-martinez-783769563.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
As he bore down on Argentina’s goal, he had captain Kylian Mbappe to his left, ready to become the first player to score four times in the biggest game in international football. But Kolo Muani went for goal himself and Emi Martinez kept the ball out with the left leg, earning his team a penalty shootout which they won to clinch the trophy for the third time.
RKM said: "I could have lobbed him, I could have given the ball to Kylian, but in the moment, I didn't see him. “After when you see the video, you see that there were other options, but it's too late, you cannot do anything. It still sticks it in my throat and it'll be there for life.".
![[Kolo Muani previously starred for Eintracht Frankfurt]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/randal-kolo-muani-eintracht-frankfurt-814677410.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
To be fair to Kolo Muani, he didn’t seem to allow the disappointment to affect the rest of his breakout season for Eintracht. BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERS. Having been signed on a free transfer from French club Nantes in the summer of 2022, he returned from Qatar and picked up where he had left off.
![[Kolo Muani could bring his skills to the Premier League soon]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/randal-kolo-muani-psg-action-944961481.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
