Offers of €60m & €55m
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Désiré Doué is destined to spark a switch battle this summer time between a few of European soccer’s largest golf equipment. The 19-year-old is an outstanding expertise and he was monitored commonly final season throughout a formidable marketing campaign with Rennes in Ligue 1.
France has produced an outstanding quantity of gifted gamers throughout the final decade and Doué is the newest star on the conveyor belt. Doué is a supremely skillful winger with the power to beat defenders at will and he produces a calmness in possession that has attracted consideration for main golf equipment. Bayern Munich and PSG are the frontrunners to signal Doué with both European giants reportedly submitting offers this week, whereas Premier League rivals Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester United all have Doué on their shortlists this summer time – however who will win the race for the fifteenth teenager on the earth?
How good is Désiré Doué?
Attackers are more and more judged based mostly on their statistics because of the prevalence and accessibility of stats. In phrases of targets and assists, Doué’s numbers aren’t outstanding with simply ten objective contributions – 4 targets and 6 assists – in 43 appearances final season. But Doué completely passes the attention take a look at as anyone that’s watched him can establish that he’s an outstanding expertise. He’s paying homage to Neymar or Jadon Sancho with how comfy his skill to control his physique and with how comfy he appears to be like on the ball – he ranked 4th in Ligue 1 final season for dribbles per 90 (8.87). Doué can be naturally two footed and may play on both wing, though he predominantly performed from his most well-liked place on the left for Rennes final season.
“In Rennes, Désiré Doué is thought to be among the finest prospects shortly, in all probability on par with Ousmane Dembélé and Eduardo Camavinga,” Ronan Caroff, French area manager at Transfermarkt said. “He got his first pro game at 17 years and two months old, and since then has regularly shown great promise. Especially last winter, with two goals and five assists from December to February, when he got a lot of trust from newly appointed manager Julien Stephan. He’s creative, agile with the ball and possesses the versatility to play in various attacking positions. He ticks a lot of interesting boxes. Of course, at his age, there are still some parts to iron out, like he might keep the ball too much and that ends sometimes in a bad pass, but the scale is leaning to the pros rather than the cons.”
How a lot will Désiré Doué price?
Doué is Rennes’ prized asset along with his market worth standing at €30m after it doubled throughout final season. While there’s an acceptance that Doué will depart this summer time, Rennes will maintain out for a price in extra of his market worth and can hope to spark a bidding struggle as there’s a number of events. As the graphic under illustrates, Rennes have developed some distinctive expertise in recent times with Jérémy Doku’s transfer to Manchester City final summer time for €60m was their document sale.
“Rennes won’t play in European competition next season for the first time in six years,” Caroff added. “Team is not in financial trouble, but for sure now their main talents will aim for higher grounds. With two years left on his contract, buying teams can’t expect a bargain. Jérémy Doku’s sale last season for €60m probably set a precedent for Rennes and they will aim for a big fee, especially as there’s lots of interest.” In June, Rennes president Olivier Cloarec admitted that Doué was attracting curiosity, admitting: “Obviously, we’d like to keep him, but we know he’s been followed for a long time by the biggest European clubs, and that won’t change this summer. I’m not talking about numbers; we’ll see based on the offers and the market,”
Who are favourites to signal Désiré Doué?
PSG stay favourites to signal Doué with current studies in France suggesting that the Rennes winger has knowledgeable membership chiefs of his choice to hitch the Parisian membership. It’s been extensively reported this week that PSG have submitted a €60m provide for Doué this week, which is known to satisfy Rennes’ asking worth. The Ligue 1 champions want to interchange Kylian Mbappé after his transfer to Real Madrid and Doué would add to their spectacular assortment of French attacking expertise, alongside Dembele, Bradley Barcola and Randal Kolo Muani.
While PSG seem within the driving seat, Bayern Munich are additionally firmly within the race for the winger and it has been urged that the Bundesliga have additionally submitted a bid of €55m plus bonuses. Bayern are embracing a brand new period below the steerage of Vincent Kompany and so they’ve already added an thrilling French winger this summer time with Michael Olise arriving from Crystal Palace. There stays curiosity from English Premier League golf equipment within the Rennes star with Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United are linked earlier this summer time however no provides have arrived but from these golf equipment.
