{"id":58071,"date":"2026-01-27T17:40:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=58071"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:40:26","slug":"tottenham-may-end-loan-spell-as-champions-league-heavyweight-shows-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=58071","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham may end loan spell as Champions League heavyweight shows interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham are willing to cut short Randal Kolo Muani\u2019s loan spell, according to talkSPORT.<\/p>\n<p>Any early return to his parent club would depend on Spurs securing a replacement, but time is running out with the transfer deadline fast approaching.<\/p>\n<p>The France international has found life difficult in north London since joining last summer and is still without a Premier League goal. His only two strikes for the club came in the 5-3 Champions League loss to parent side Paris Saint-Germain in November.<\/p>\n<p>Kolo Muani spent the latter part of last season on loan at Juventus, where he made a flying start with five goals in his first three appearances. Despite believing he had done enough to earn a permanent move, negotiations collapsed between the clubs.<\/p>\n<p>That opened the door for Tottenham, but the forward has struggled to make a lasting impact and Spurs are now unlikely to activate their purchase option.<\/p>\n<p>Juventus remain in the market for a striker, having explored moves for Crystal Palace\u2019s Jean-Philippe Mateta and Morocco international Youssef En-Nesyri without success. A proven option like Kolo Muani could yet appeal, with Luciano Spalletti known to be an admirer.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham continue to be active in the January window, with potential arrivals and departures still on the table. As reported by talkSPORT, goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky is in discussions over a loan move to West Ham with an option to buy, having struggled for game time behind Guglielmo Vicario since arriving from Slavia Prague last year.<\/p>\n<p>There could also be fresh developments in Spurs\u2019 pursuit of Andy Robertson. While interest in the Liverpool left-back appeared to cool over the weekend, a potential recall of Kostas Tsimikas from Roma could reopen the door.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs have already been busy this window, completing the signings of Conor Gallagher and Souza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham are willing to cut short Randal Kolo Muani\u2019s loan spell, according to talkSPORT. Any early return to his parent club would depend on Spurs securing a replacement, but time is running out with the transfer deadline fast approaching. The France international has found life difficult in north London since joining last summer and is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":58072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1643.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58073,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58071\/revisions\/58073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}