Review of Deadline Day Transfer
Randal Kolo Muani (25) looked back in detail on his deadline day transfer from Eintracht Frankfurt to Paris Saint-Germain. “I still don’t know how I managed to sign for PSG. I didn’t even read the contract, I just signed at the bottom of each page without knowing what I was actually initialing. Everything happened at a rapid pace, there was a lot of running around in the offices. I had never experienced anything like that before. It was incredibly stressful! Some of my hair fell out that day. Maybe there are still a few things missing from my contract, I don’t know,” he said with a laugh in an interview with the magazine “Onze Mondial“.
The deal between the clubs dragged on until the end, and at one point it was even said that the move had fallen through. In the end, the SGE let Kolo Muani go for 95 million euros, even though no replacement was found. “I’m definitely glad the deal went through. There were a lot of documents that had to be sent, I sat in an office with my father and waited. And when I heard the screaming and the applause in the office, I knew it was done,” the striker recalled, adding: “When the press reported that the deal had fallen through, I was at home with my family, we were disgusted and didn’t understand what was going on.”
6x over 10 million: Most expensive sales from Eintracht Frankfurt
Bas Dost | 2020/21 to FC Brugge | Transfer fee: €4 million
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As of January 17, 2023
Omar Mascarell | 2018/19 to Real Madrid | Transfer fee: €4 million
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Bastian Occipka | 2017/18 to Schalke | Transfer fee: €4.5 million
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Marius Wolf | 2018/19 to BVB | Transfer fee: €5 million
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Diant Ramaj | 2023/24 to Ajax | Transfer fee: €5 million
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Rafael Borre | 2024/25 to SC Internacional | Transfer fee: €6.2 million
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Ante Rebic | 2020/21 to AC Milan | Transfer fee: €6.7 million
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Lajos Détári | 1988/89 to Olympiakos Piraeus | Transfer fee: €8.7 million
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Carlos Salcedo | 2018/19 to Tigres UANL | Transfer fee: €8.8 million
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Kevin Trapp | 2015/16 to PSG | Transfer fee: €9.5 million
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Djibril Sov | 2023/24 to Sevilla FC | Transfer fee: €10 million
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Filip Kostic | 2022/23 to Juventus | Transfer fee: €14 million
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Andre Silva | 2021/22 to RB Leipzig | Transfer fee: €23 million
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Jesper Lindstrøm | 2023/24 to SSC Napoli | Transfer fee: €30 million
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Sebastien Haller | 2019/20 to West Ham | Transfer fee: €50 million
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Luka Jovic | 2019/20 to Real Madrid | Transfer fee: €63 million
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Randal Kolo Muani | 2023/24 to PSG | Transfer fee: €95 million
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While Kolo Muani was directly involved in 43 goals in 50 games for Eintracht in one season, he has not yet fully arrived in PSG’s star ensemble. There are eleven scorers in 23 appearances. The high transfer fee also made the early days in Paris difficult. “It’s another pressure that I have to take on myself. I’m slowly digesting it. But I will trust you with something: in time, people will say it was a good price for Randal Kolo Muani. I know right now people are saying: 90 million for Kolo Muani, what is that? I say: you will see. “It’s very simple,” the attacker is certain.
Kolo Muani was happier at Eintracht Frankfurt than at PSG
The criticism after his move bothered him. “In Germany I was confident, so I was fulfilled on the pitch,” said Kolo Muani. “I just have to be happy and confident and everything will go like clockwork. Today I’m happy, but I’m not as happy as I was in Germany. At the beginning the criticism influenced me. I am a human being, I am not a wall, I am not a robot, I have feelings. But I’m not sad. I’m glad I’m a PSG player. But I could be better.”
Kolo Muani also wants to draw strength from criticism. “Criticism makes you develop, it’s good to hear it. It’s like advice. You have to take the criticism to heart and improve so that this very criticism disappears. That’s logic. (…) To be honest, I didn’t expect this, I didn’t expect such an influence when I came to Paris,” admitted the 13-time France international. After a game, Kolo Muani tries not to let his family influence him too much. “I try not to use my phone, I try to isolate myself from the world.”
With Boniface, Szoboszlai & Kolo Muani: World’s biggest market value winners 2023
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With 40 players from eight leagues from 22 clubs
Arthur Vermeeren | Royal Antwerp | Market value increase: €29.5 million
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Market value: 30 million euros
Serhou Guirassy | VfB Stuttgart | Market value plus: €30 million
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Cole Palmer | Chelsea | Market value plus: €30 million
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Antonio Silva | Benfica | Market value plus: €30 million
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Mathy’s Tel | FC Bayern | Market value plus: €30 million
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Frenkie de Jong | FC Barcelona | Market value plus: €30 million
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Martin Odegaard | Arsenal | Market value plus: €30 million
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Florian Wirtz | Bayer 04 | Market value plus: €30 million
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Rodri | Man City | Market value plus: €30 million
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Declan Rice | Arsenal | Market value plus: €30 million
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Vinicius Junior | Real Madrid | Market value plus: €30 million
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Randal Kolo Muani | PSG | Market value increase: €33 million
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Lautaro Martinez | Inter | Market value plus: €35 million
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Johan Bakayoko | PSV | Market value increase: €35.5 million
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Victor Boniface | Bayer 04 | Market value increase: €36 million
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Market value: 40 million euros
Rico Lewis | Man City | Market value increase: €37 million
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Micky van de Ven | Tottenham | Market value increase: €37 million
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Market value: 45 million euros
Ousmane Diomande | Sporting | Market value increase: €39.6 million
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Market value: 40 million euros
Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting | Market value plus: €40 million
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Market value: 45 million euros
Dominik Szoboszlai | Liverpool | Market value plus: €40 million
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Market value: 75 million euros
Julian Alvarez | Man City | Market value plus: €40 million
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Market value: 90 million euros
Eduardo Camavinga | Real Madrid | Market value plus: €40 million
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Market value: 90 million euros
Victor Osimhen | Napoli | Market value plus: €40 million
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Kaoru Mitoma | Brighton | Market value increase: €41.5 million
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Manuel Ugarte | PSG | Market value increase: €42 million
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Market value: 60 million euros
Loïs Openda | RB Leipzig | Market value increase: €43 million
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Santiago Gimenez | Feyenoord | Market value increase: €43 million
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Market value: 55 million euros
João Neves | Benfica | Market value increase: €44.5 million
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Market value: 45 million euros
Levi Colwill | Chelsea | Market value increase: €45 million
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Market value: 55 million euros
Jérémy documentary | Man City | Market value increase: €47 million
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Market value: 65 million euros
Takefusa Kubo | San Sebastian | Market value increase: €48 million
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Market value: 60 million euros
Rasmus Højlund | Man United | Market value plus: €50 million
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Market value: 65 million euros
Xavi Simons | RB Leipzig | Market value increase: €52 million
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Market value: 70 million euros
Moises Caicedo | Chelsea | Market value increase: €52 million
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Warren Zaire-Emery | PSG | Market value increase: €54 million
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Evan Ferguson | Brighton | Market value increase: €64 million
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Jew Bellingham | Real Madrid | Market value plus: €70 million
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Market value: 180 million euros
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