Luis Enrique's warning to Randal Kolo Muani

Since his arrival at PSG, Luis Enrique has regularly changed his starting lineup. The Spanish technician does not hesitate to try things, to rotate his squad and to modify his offensive animation from one match to another. He explained in particular throughout last season that he wanted to rely on a restricted group of 14-15 potential starters to maintain a form of competition and therefore raise the level of play and demands. This season, Luis Enrique has started again on the same bases and is multiplying the tests on the attacking front.

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With the absence of Gonçalo Ramos who had started his season rather well, the former Spain coach tried Marco Asensio and Kang-in Lee as a false number 9. And Randal Kolo Muani, the only professional number 9 available, is not really used. A situation which can be of concern, especially since in the French team, the former Frankfurt striker is in rather good shape and continues as a starter. Author of 4 goals and 1 assist in his last 5 matches with the Blues, Kolo Muani does not have the same status at PSG.

Luis Enrique responds coldly on Kolo Muani

Absent against Strasbourg, the man who has only scored two goals this season (in 10 matches) spent the entire match on the bench against OM in addition to playing only 9 minutes against PSV in the Champions League . A situation that may be surprising. At a press conference this Friday, Luis Enrique spoke about his situation. And if in the past, the Spanish coach had seemed to rather defend his player, this time, he was much colder in his response and seemed to send a message to his attacker. “If I count on Kolo Muani? I count on all my players. But from there, for decisions, I trust what I see in matches yes, but also in training as I have always said. A player who doesn't play, with a coach like me, can turn things around. But I have no problem taking away playing time or giving it when I consider it best for the team and based on what I see in training. Luis Enrique said.

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Enough to challenge the journalists present on site who responded by asking if mentally Kolo Muani was indeed in the best form. But here again, the Parisian coach's response was not really clear. “If he is mentally well? (He thinks) Yes, I find him mentally good. After here, the atmosphere is good and there was already a similar situation last season. The recruits bring a lot in all aspects on the pitch and atmosphere. The atmosphere is almost perfect. But they are young, beautiful, they are successful in life, they are well paid. They don’t have much merit in being happy.” An answer that risks getting people talking. Luis Enrique does not really seem convinced by Kolo Muani's performances since the start of the season and has obviously made this clear to his player by depriving him of playing time in recent weeks. It's up to him to reverse the trend.

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