Determined to stick to its new transfer window guideline, PSG did not recruit any players over the age of 25 last summer. The capital club notably paid €50 million to be able to get their hands on Désiré Doué. The Parisian leaders made absolutely no attempt to negotiate the transfer price with Stade Rennais.
In 2022, the PSG changed its recruiting method. In order to breathe new life into its project, the capital club has decided to stop accumulating stars in order to be able to focus on youth. And the Parisian leaders stuck to their new guideline during the last summer transfer window. THE PSG did not in fact recruit any player over 25 last summer. But that did not prevent the resident of the Ligue 1 to make rather large investments in certain names.
PSG did not negotiate for Désiré Doué
The PSG notably spent €50M to be able to recruit Désiré Doué. THE Red-and-Blue did not even try to negotiate the price of the transfer with the Stade Rennais as revealed Romain Molina. « Bayern were on Doué, but Rennes set the price and PSG said: “We’ll do it” » indicated the journalist on his channel YouTube. In order to double the Bayern Munich on this file, the PSG rushed and directly aligned with the requirements of the Stade Rennais pour Désiré Doué.
Its future relaunched this winter?
And for the moment, the 19-year-old is the rookie who disappoints the most PSG. It must be said that Luis Enrique does not place the same trust in Désiré Doué than to João Neves or Willian Pacho. The French Espoirs international has still not opened his personal account and has only delivered one assist in 13 matches and 483 minutes played in all competitions. Announced upon departure this winter, Désiré Doué would however not intend to give up PSG. The capital club would not intend to part with it either. To be continued…