After one season at Eintracht Frankfurt, Randal Kolo Muani is already on the list of top international clubs like FC Bayern. Ben Manga once lured the top scorer to the SGE and now revealed what he advises the vice world champion for the future.
It is possibly the biggest transfer coup in the history of Eintracht Frankfurt. Last summer, Randal Kolo Muani came to Main from FC Nantes on a free transfer. Clubs like FC Bayern or Paris Saint-Germain are now dealing with the 24-year-old. Eintracht Frankfurt could ultimately collect around 100 million euros in the event of a sale.
Ben Manga brought Kolo Muani to SGE about a year ago. “Randal Kolo Muani is a player that my scouting department drew my attention to early on. My scout from France saw him. In the end, I’m the one who flies to the player and establishes contact with his family. So a transfer like this is teamwork between the scouting department and the boss,” said the 49-year-old, who is now Technical Director of Watford FC, looking back at “Sport1”. He was “immediately convinced of the boy from the start”.
“He was already an issue for us at the time of Fredi Bobic. At that time, however, the money for such a transfer was still missing,” revealed Manga.
Kolo Muani to FC Bayern? That says manga
Kolo Muani is now associated with FC Bayern, PSG or Manchester United.
“The problem in football is that a player always has to see the here and now. When PSG, Manchester United or FC Bayern come knocking, everyone involved has to deal with it and when everyone involved in these negotiations decides that that’s the next step there will certainly be a transfer,” Manga assessed the situation.
The attacker could sign “the contract of his life” after the current season. “Kolo Muani will think very carefully in the summer because he has the market and the offers,” said Manga, who would consider staying at Eintracht Frankfurt to be sensible from a sporting point of view.