After a revealing debut with his training club Stade Rennais, Désiré Doué (19 years old) reached a milestone by signing up with Paris Saint-Germain. Having arrived for five years at the French Champion for compensation of 50 million euros, and with bonuses, the international Espoir knew that he would not play the leading roles during his debut due to the strong competition, but did not expect to be used so little by Luis Enrique.
Starting only three times in twelve matches played with PSG, in all competitions, the 19-year-old winger also suffered an ankle injury last September. Which doesn’t help his progress. The Team also explains that Luis Enrique had promised him that he would have a lot of playing time, in several different registers, but remaining Bradley Barcola’s understudy. However, the Asturian had lined up from the start against Arsenal on the right flank (0-2).
Désiré Doué wished for better
A bad experience for the ex-Rennais who had a complicated evening, before being replaced at the hour mark. And since then, apart from 90 minutes against Strasbourg, in October, he has no longer been lined up by Luis Enrique . “I regard it very highly. For some players, there are more facilities, for others less (…) There are no rules. Some adapt quickly, others more slowly. Doué is a high level player for the future. He needs the right mentality to help the team.estimated his coach, after the victory in Angers (4-2).
And while his starting place in the France Espoirs team is no longer assured, Désiré Doué is not experiencing the best period of his career. For the moment he would be disappointed and frustrated with his debut at PSG, but the club is not worried about the player and Luis Enrique still considers him a great player of the future, since he wanted him in his Parisian squad last summer, to the detriment of Xavi Simons. Désiré Doué will have to be patient.
