PSG and France, Doué is frank about his future

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·4 October 2026

PSG and France, Doué is frank about his future

Désiré Doué, the 21-year-old Paris Saint-Germain forward, spoke to Téléfoot about his desire to improve in front of goal. The Parisian No. 14 accepts the risks that come with his style of play and points to a clear area to work on: becoming more efficient and more composed to finish his chances better.

Doué: “Sometimes, there can be some waste”

“I’m a player who likes to create a lot of danger, try to make things happen, drive forward and take risks. Sometimes, there can be some waste, but my objective is performance. When I can help the team, like I have in the last few matches, I’m very happy.”

PSG need players capable of unsettling a defense, and that willingness to take risks inevitably comes at a cost. A failed dribble does not always mean the same thing as losing the ball while attempting something unnecessarily difficult. The real work lies in the decision-making: recognizing when to take on a man, when to combine, and when to keep it simple. That is where boldness can become more productive.

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Doué himself puts collective usefulness at the heart of what he says. That invites his initiatives to be judged by what they bring to the team, while demanding that they be relevant. Zero waste looks appealing on paper. On the pitch, though, a string of safe passes can also leave the opposing defense perfectly untroubled. For Paris, the challenge is to keep this ability to create danger while improving the accuracy of the decisions being made.

Doué: “I also need to work on my composure in front of goal”

“I want to score to help the team. I’ve already scored, in the Super Cup final (against Aston Villa), but I need many more, I know that. I’m working toward that, and I know that when it comes, they’ll start to follow one after another. My areas for improvement? Efficiency. I’m able to create good chances for myself. Now I also need to work on my composure in front of goal, to be even calmer so I can finish, even if I only get one chance in the match. I work on that every day. I’m sure it will come and that I’ll manage to score, here for the France team, and at club level with Paris Saint-Germain.”

The point about that possible single chance is interesting. It sets out a concrete demand: being able to make the difference without needing several attempts to find the range. For Doué, improvement therefore lies in mastering the final touch after having created the opening. A move can require a lot of energy to get into a scoring position, then enough calmness to decide how to finish it. That change of rhythm deserves just as much work as the drive forward itself.

His certainty that the goals will start to come reflects confidence. It remains a belief, one that hard work must make credible on the pitch. The encouraging point is his ability to identify a specific flaw without making excuses for himself. For PSG, progress will also have to be measured in the quality of his choices and his finishing: a goal can unlock confidence, but more reliable finishing is built on more than just a hoped-for breakthrough.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.