Memphis Depay does not rule out that he will make a transfer during the winter transfer period, but his destination does not necessarily have to be Barcelona. The attacker saw a transition from Olympique Lyon to the Camp Nou fail last week. It is certainly not a foregone conclusion that the Orange International will sign a contract with the club of Ronald Koeman and Frenkie de Jong in a few months.

As a regulator on behalf of the national government, LaLiga refused to authorize a transfer from Depay to Barcelona, ​​because the club did not have its finances in order. The attacker does not know whether it is a certainty that Barcelona will have things in order in a few months and whether he will still move to Catalonia. “We’ll see that again,” he says. “Soon it will be January again. It remains to be seen how things turn out. Not that I will definitely leave, but the chance that clubs will soon be coming is just great. ”

When asked why Depay explicitly says ‘clubs’, he responds with a smile. “I’m 26 and almost transfer-free, then you can expect clubs to show interest,” he emphasizes in Saturday Algemeen Dagblad. The transfer to Barcelona was almost complete, but Depay understands why it could not take place. “You always have to take into account that things don’t work out. Many clubs have problems because of the pandemic. ”

“I kept everything open and didn’t think: Barcelona wants me, so I’m here. I waited for a green light. But I just started training. It’s not like I had my phone in my pants on the field, hahaha. ” Depay hopes that he will again appear in Rudi Garcia’s plans after the international period. “What I found annoying was that I was allowed to make a lot less minutes at Lyon in recent weeks.”

After all, in the last two league matches, Depay started on the bench. “I felt it was all due to the fact that I was leaving. I scored four goals in six games there. As a striker you would like to continue that series. But I already made the first three of those goals in the first match. That’s a shame.”