Thiago Motta has hailed Juventus' signing of Randal Kolo Muani from Paris Saint-Germain and says he hopes the player is available for AC Milan.
Kolo Muani was linked with Juventus during the January transfer window and while no official contract details have been revealed by either club, it is expected that he will be loaned out until the end of the season.
The forward has made 14 appearances for PSG in all competitions this season, but has only featured in two of those games. He scored twice from the bench, with both goals coming in the first three games of the season, and also provided one assist.
“I am happy with the arrival of Kolo Muani,” Motta said at a press conference on Friday.
“We are still waiting for the final papers to complete the transfer. If everything goes according to plan, he will be with us tomorrow, otherwise we will have him from the next match.”
“I expect everything from Randal, both on and off the field. I asked him to train well, work well and do everything he needs to do to be available. I asked him, I ask all my players.”
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Juventus will be boosted in attack by the return of Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic, who is their top scorer in Serie A this season and has scored seven goals.
“Vlahovic will be with the group tomorrow, he has trained well in recent days,” said Motta.
“Dusan has been left out of the last two games to give him time to recover, but as I said, he will be in the squad for the match against AC Milan.”
The Turin side will still be without defenders Gleison Bremer and Juan Cabal, as well as forwards Arkadiusz Milik and Francisco Conceicao, although they otherwise have a fully fit squad.
Juventus remain unbeaten in Serie A this season, although they have struggled of late with just one win from their last eight league games.
They have drawn all 13 of their games, including each of the last three, while dropping points in leading positions to leave them fifth in the standings, three points above Milan.
'We definitely want to stay [within the reach of] the Champions League zone,” Motta said.
“Tomorrow we have an important opportunity to play Milan at home… It is clear that the championship does not end tomorrow [but we need to be] at the maximum: focused, motivated, to put in a great performance to achieve victory.”
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