Just as Memphis Depay is struggling with an Achilles tendon injury, Barcelona seems to be getting better and better. The team of trainer Xavi recently defeated Atlético Madrid 4-2 and on Sunday they also beat Valencia (1-4). Jan van Halst in particular is very concerned about Depay’s future at Barcelona. Marco van Basten thinks that the weeks of truth have arrived for the the Dutch international.
“When I was watching Barcelona, I also thought a lot about Memphis Depay,” Van Halst admits on Monday evening in Rondo from Ziggo Sports† “He’s injured now, but that’s over at Barcelona.” Presenter Wytse van der Goot then indicates that the vanguard has been reinforced in the meantime with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Adama Traoré and Ferran Torres. “And then you have Ansu Fati who is coming,” adds Van Halst. He is still injured, so it will be very busy in the front. And he (Depay, ed.) was also not met by this trainer.”
The Rondo table is impressed by Barcelona, which again resembles Barcelona. A side note from @jmvanhalst: ‘I was thinking about Memphis… That’s over anyway, at Barcelona.’ What do you think? Does Memphis have to go to the exit again? †#RONDO #ZiggoSport pic.twitter.com/XP3r2EDfnv
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“The truth will show in the coming weeks how it will go,” predicts Van Basten. “Because if Depay is good enough to get a base place now, he will finish it too, then he will stay. But if that is not the case…” Table mate Youri Mulder saw Aubameyang score three times against Valencia, but the analyst does not immediately go along with the euphoria surrounding the winter purchase of Barcelona. “I heard from you Jan (Van Halst, ed.) a few weeks ago that Aubameyang would not be a player for Barcelona. And today Aubameyang is suitable at once.”
Van Halst responds with a joke to Mulder’s story: “I was already afraid of this. Yesterday I was thinking: Today I have to go to Rondo“, said the former player, who sees an upward trend in the game of the Catalans. “This is already the second game that you think: This is a championship worthy team† It is far too late and still too changeable. But you do see quality up front, which they have craved so much. This also reduces the pressure on the back line.”
Jan van Halst is afraid that it will be very difficult for Memphis Depay at Barcelona.