The left wing is a position that Barcelona tries to address in summer, having failed to do so during the 2024 summer transfer window. Nico Williams was the main target of the Catalans, but He ended up rejecting a movement in favor of staying at the Athletic club For at least one more season.
Barcelona will again try to sign a left winger, although Williams should not appear on their list this time – instead, rather Luis Diaz de Liverpool is the favorite candidate From the Deco Sports Director, who will be determined to obtain a signature on the line.
However, Deco could have done the work last summer even without Williams being considered. It is because Barcelona was offered the possibility of sign Desire Doue when he was still at Stade Rennais, as Sport revealed.
Barcelona would have seriously planned to sign Doue last summer, Deco having had good reports on the player. The 19 -year -old was tried to have a “Barça profile”, who saw him as a player with the left foot who unbalances at both ends, very offensive, explosive and spectacular.
Doue was offered to Barcelona at about at the same time as their prosecution of Williams reached his highest point, but in the end, an agreement was considered impossible for financial reasons, and finally, the teenager would leave Rennes to join Ligue 1, the well-being Saint-Germain, where he cut despite being a regular starter for the head coach Luis
If Doue had stayed in Rennes until this summer, Barcelona could have had the chance to sign it, with their apparently slight financial situation now compared to 2024. However, this is not the case, and they could even see each other during the final of the Champions League of this season at the end of May, if they and PSG get there.
