Remind me of the last time a French team won any major European competition (1996?!) It's very clearly either the 5th or 6th best league in Europe and that matters when people pull out stats like "xg + xa" or whatever. Great players have come from ligue 1 so I'm not concerned but comparing stats by players in different leagues isn't a great way to emphasize the quality, that's all I'm saying.I don't think so that has always been a daft statement about the frog league, there's no league that's a certainty for adapting to the Prem with, if you checked the success rate of all the leagues there's probably little between them.
Nearly everyone plays 4 at the back and 2 defensive midfielders in France so it's not that easy to break teams down, unless you're playing against PSG it's a very good league to test yourself in and grow as a player.
We shouldn't be worried about the league he plays in just whether he's the right player for us more than anything, there's always a chance someone can flop but the league they play in is never a deciding factor.
Is he related to Count Doku?
Remind me of the last time a French team won any major European competition (1996?!) It's very clearly either the 5th or 6th best league in Europe and that matters when people pull out stats like "xg + xa" or whatever. Great players have come from ligue 1 so I'm not concerned but comparing stats by players in different leagues isn't a great way to emphasize the quality, that's all I'm saying.
Fair point. I did start trawling the thread exactly for that reason but gave up.Being about the 5th person so far on this topic to make the exact same gag is the real reason you need to get your coat…
He certainly looks very flamboyant and great to watch. That injury record might not be go down well with Pep, mostly hamstrings I noticed . Maybe we could manage them better . Looks a real off your seat merchant but sure the club will make a proper assessment of him .Doku's the one. Every time I've seen him he's made me sit up & take notice.
If KDB wants us to get him too, we should heed his advice.
HOWEVER, ain't he a left winger?
Fair point. I did start trawling the thread exactly for that reason but gave up.
Good post and thanks for the insight.Hello, I'm a Rennes supporter (yes, a terrible Frenchman, I'm sorry), and I understand that Doku can lead to contrasting opinions. Since his arrival in Rennes in 2020, he has been handicapped by a significant number of muscular injuries, with an often long unavailability. Rennes supporters ended up believing that he would never come back. But last spring, his return was made gradually, often replacing at the start, then replaced during the match, once he became a starter again. In fact, he was not injured again. Better, he has progressed a lot in his game, collectively, in efficiency too, without losing his incredible dribbling qualities and speed. Much more consistent. All this in a few months. It thus confirms the enormous potential glimpsed, and this was confirmed at the end of the season, when Rennes was struggling to grab 5th place, and risked 6th, or worse, the team finished with a bang to finish 4th. Doku largely participated in the end, by his sharpness. The asking price, €50m? Football is crazy, financially, it's not new to you, and it becomes anything, okay. Now, if Chelsea signed our 19-year-old midfielder Ugochukwu for €26m, 50m for Doku isn't insane (and we can think that after negotiations we'll be closer to 40). The only reservation I would make: are his muscular problems finally over, to the point of no longer being arrested for 3 months every 4 months! Since spring, fortunately, everything has been fine. Have a good season, and thank you for collecting all the rain that falls in Brittany, I'm not a frog!