Désiré Doué will not have been long to meet the immense expectations placed in him by PSG. Landed in the capital from the Stade Rennais for a check for 50 million euros, excluding bonus, the native of Angers delivered an amazing first season.
If the former Rennais, just returned from the Olympic Games, certainly experienced a somewhat winding start, he quickly displayed all his talent, even making himself essential in the eyes of Luis Enrique. To the point in recent weeks to be preferred to Bradley Barcola to accompany Ousmane Dembélé and KHVICHA KVARATSKHELIA at the forefront.
And the great services of Désiré Doué also caught the eye of Didier Deschamps and his peers. Because after being called by the tricolor coach for the two nations League matches against Croatia, the Paris winger was appointed best hope of Ligue 1 to the UNFP trophies and retained in the eleven-type of the year alongside Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembélé.
Julian Stephan amazed by Désiré Doué
Désiré Doué even impressed Julian Stéphan, his former coach at Stade Rennais. Consequence of the speed with which he managed to make his hole in the red and blue.
“It would have been necessary to be a guess to imagine that Désiré was going to integrate into this collective of PSG at such a speed”, Thus entrusted the Breton technician, adding nevertheless: “Due to its intelligence, its maturity, its technical background above the average, its athletic potential and its mind forged for the high level, I had no doubt about its adaptation. It remained to know the deadline. And at this level, we must admit that it did not drag, it is really to put the club credit, and the player. »»