Ismaël Doukouré stays at Strasbourg as valuation not met, now longest-serving player | OneFootball

Ismaël Doukouré sought a move again this summer but stays at Strasbourg after no offer exceeded €20m. Granted permission to leave, he is now the longest-serving senior player and is due to captain them at Troyes on Sunday at 15:00, live on Ligue 1+, despite being yet to play this season.

Diego Moreira, Valentin Barco, Emmanuel Emegha, Julio Enciso, Abdoul Ouattara and Guéla Doué all left this summer. According to L'Équipe, Doukouré, signed from Valenciennes in January 2022, stayed because Rennes, the keenest suitor, did not match the price.

Despite a less accomplished 2025-26, with 25 Ligue 1 games, two red cards and a five-match league ban, the two previous windows were more turbulent. In August 2024 he pushed to join Wolfsburg, but after a long saga BlueCo’s Behdad Eghbali, owner of Chelsea and Strasbourg, rejected a final €18m bid.

Relations worsened in 2025. Excluded from the opening trip to Metz, a 1-0 defeat, after refusing to extend a deal expiring in 2026, he then renewed on 20 August 2025 to June 2028 on a major rise towards the top of the wage scale, around €250,000 gross per month.

Andrew Omobamidele, who had started and captained early this season, was loaned to Anderlecht, and Abakar Sylla moved to Gaziantep in Türkiye. Hugo Oliveira said he was delighted to keep Doukouré, describing him as a leader. He is due to wear the armband at Troyes after 14 league outings as captain last term.

Source: L'Équipe

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