Motta confirms Kolo Muani's pending Juventus move from PSG

Jan 17 (Reuters) - Juventus coach Thiago Motta expressed his satisfaction with the awaited move of France forward Randal Kolo Muani from Paris St Germain, saying he hopes the player is available when they host AC Milan in Serie A on Saturday.

Kolo Muani is expected to join Juventus on a loan deal until the end of the season, but no contract details have been revealed yet by the clubs.

"I am happy with the arrival of Kolo Muani," Motta told a press conference on Friday.

"We are just waiting for some final pieces of paperwork to complete the transfer. If everything goes to plan, he will be with us tomorrow, otherwise we will have him from the next match."

Kolo Muani, a regular in Didier Deschamps' France team, has been out of favour at Luis Enrique's PSG side, making two league starts this season despite opening the campaign with two goals in the first three games.

"I expect everything from Randal both on and off the pitch," Motta added.

"I asked him to train well, work well and do everything he has to do to be available. I asked him, I ask all my players."

Juventus will be bolstered in attack by the return of Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic.

"Vlahovic will be with the group tomorrow, he has trained well over the last few days," Motta said.

"Dusan has been left out of the last two games in order to give him time to recover, but, as I said, he will be in the squad for the match against AC Milan."

The Turin-based side will still be without defenders Gleison Bremer and Juan Cabal, as well as strikers Arkadiusz Milik and Francisco Conceicao.

"Everyone else is available," Motta added.

Juventus have struggled of late with one win from their last eight league games, with the rest - including the last three - being draws.

However, they are fifth in the Serie A standings, three points above seventh-placed Milan.

"We definitely want to stay (within the reach of) the Champions League zone," Motta said.

"Tomorrow we have an important opportunity to play at home against Milan... Obviously tomorrow the championship will not end (but we need to be) at the maximum: focused, motivated, to put in a great performance to get the victory." (Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk Editing by Christian Radnedge)