Thomas Frank's dream Tottenham attack with Randal Kolo Muani amid deadline day transfer

It is going to be second time lucky for Tottenham when it comes to signing Randal Kolo Muani. Interested in luring the PSG ace to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at the turn of the year, Spurs unfortunately lost out to Juventus back in January.

Looking on course to complete a permanent move to the Bianconeri at some point across the summer, the attacker will now be playing his football away from Turin in the 2025/26 campaign after a transfer twist in the last few hours of the summer market. The Italian giants are now set to complete a deal for RB Leipzig ace Lois Openda, thus allowing Spurs to come back in and strike a loan agreement with no option or obligation to buy for Kolo Muani ahead of Monday's 7pm deadline.

Tottenham are attempting to strengthen Thomas Frank's squad and the addition of the Bondy-born player will do exactly that. The Lilywhites are in need of a player who can play on the wing following Son Heung-min's departure to LAFC last month.

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Frank was asked after Saturday's defeat to Bournemouth if he would consider signing a new striker amid Dominic Solanke's injury but he made his thoughts perfectly clear on the situation. "No. I would say not particularly," he replied.

"To have the three strikers in the squad can also cause a problem as you can only play one at a time. It’s a fine balance. I’m not saying we will never go for another striker at another time but I’m happy with Dom and Richarlison."

The addition of Kolo Muani will give Frank extra cover up front but also in the wide areas. So what exactly could his dream attack look like once the French international signs on the dotted line? football.london takes a look.

Tottenham already have a new-look attack for the 2025/26 campaign with Mohammed Kudus joining from West Ham and catching the eye on the right flank. Spurs do in fact take on the Hammers in their first game back after the international break and the showdown in east London may see Xavi Simons make his Tottenham bow after completing a £51.8million transfer to the club on Friday.

The Netherlands international does give Frank choice as he can play as an attacking midfielder or on either wing, with the majority of his appearances in senior football so far coming from the left wing. When it comes to Kolo Muani, he is mainly utilised up front but, just like Simons, he has experience of playing on either wing.

In his 22 appearances on the right, the 26-year-old has five goals and four assists to his name. On the left, he has five goals and one assist in 12 outings.

Kolo Muani is right-footed and playing on Tottenham's left could work well for him considering he would be able to cut inside on to his natural foot. One option for Frank would be to play Kudus on the right, Simons at No.10 and Kolo Muani on the left in a very attack-minded three behind Richarlison.

However, the other two options would be to either see Kolo Muani and Kudus trade wings or alternatively switch the trio about altogether. In this instance, Kolo Muani could play on the right as that's the wing where he has played the majority of his football when shunted out wide, Kudus could then play centrally as he has lot of experience there and Simons moves across to the left.

There is of course the option to also play Richarlison from the left and put Kolo Muani in his natural position up front. As the players in question are extremely flexible it does Frank the opportunity to switch things up during a game, which will no doubt prove extremely valuable throughout the season.

Tottenham dream attack example 1: Kudus, Simons, Kolo Muani; Richarlison.

Tottenham dream attack example 2: Kolo Muani, Simons, Kudus; Richarlison.

Tottenham dream attack example 3: Kolo Muani, Kudus, Simons; Richarlison.

Tottenham dream attack example 4: Kudus, Simons; Richarlison; Kolo Muani.