Abdoulaye Doucoure is keen to leave Watford

Watford will make every effort to keep Abdoulaye Doucoure at Vicarage Road this month as they fight to secure their highest finish in the Premier League era.

The highly rated 26-year old midfielder told French TV earlier this week that he needs to leave Watford to fulfil his ambitions of playing in the Champions League.

Sky Sports News has been told that Watford have no intentions of selling their £39m-rated reigning player of the season, who they bought from Stade Rennes in 2016 for £8m.

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However, privately they feel it may be more difficult to keep hold of their talismanic midfielder in the summer.

Paris Saint-Germain are known admirers and would no doubt help the Frenchman persuade Didier Deschamps he could make an impact at international level.

"I have read a lot of things about this, that PSG are looking for a midfielder," Doucoure told Canal Plus.

"I'm flattered by this interest but for the time being there's nothing concrete.

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"Honestly, Watford haven't been contacted by PSG. Naturally I said that PSG's project interests me because I'm from the Paris region.

"But the probability honestly is very low because PSG are following a lot of players and I'm not their priority, that's for sure. But if there's a possibility, of course we'll look at it."