Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 07:38• Yanick Vos • Last update: 08:14

Memphis Depay has still set his sights on a transfer to Barcelona. In the television program Our from Esport 3 It was reported on Tuesday evening that the 27-year-old the Dutch-international has offers from Atlético Madrid, Juventus and Internazionale, but that he is looking for an employment contract at the Camp Nou. The captain of Olympique Lyon received a proposal from Catalonia a few weeks ago.

“Memphis Depay is approaching Barcelona,” writes Mundo Deportivo. After the striker missed a transfer to Barcelona in the summer of last year, it is expected that he will leave Olympique Lyon behind after this season and will play under Ronald Koeman. Mateu Alemany, appointed as director of football affairs by new chairman Joan Laporta, met with Depay’s agent in Barcelona weeks ago and made a proposal. The negotiations have not yet resulted in a deal, journalist Oriol Domènech explained in the program on Tuesday evening.

The fact that an agreement has not yet been reached is because the proposal that Depay has received is lower than in October. According to Domènech, the former PSV and Manchester United player has been offered a salary that is about fifty percent lower than six months ago. Barcelona is not in a good financial position and is therefore limited on the transfer market. Eric García, who will come over from Manchester City on a free transfer after this season, has also had to settle for a lower proposal. Despite interest from Atlético Madrid, Juventus and Internazionale, who can offer Depay more, Barcelona has the best papers to recruit the Lyon captain. Depay would like to play for Barça.

Barcelona coach Koeman was already hoping for Depay’s arrival last year. When the ex-PSV player is recruited, the coach will have his desired attacking reinforcement after Luis Suárez left for Atlético Madrid last year. Erling Braut Haaland is also on the list of the Catalans. However, the twenty-year-old Borussia Dortmund striker does not seem financially feasible for Barcelona. In addition to a huge transfer fee, Haaland would also cost a huge salary. According to Goal the Norwegian international wants an annual salary of 35 million euros net at his next club.