Memphis Depay has reacted agitated to rumors of ‘time wasting’ in his rehabilitation. ASH wrote on Thursday that Barcelona would be annoyed at the pace at which the Dutchman is recovering from his hamstring injury. Memphis thinks the allegations are ridiculous, he said in a statement on Twitter.
On September 22, Memphis was injured in the Nations League match between the Netherlands and Poland. Since then, the attacker has not played for his country or club and missed the duels with Athletic Club, Bayern Munich, Valencia and Viktoria Plzen. Not being able to play in the last few games is the most discontent at Barcelona, as according to various Spanish media someone should normally be able to recover from a similar hamstring injury within five weeks.
Hearing some disrespectful rumors about me purposely slowing down my injury.
The media sharing things so easy without actually knowing the facts which as end result creates a negative narrative around my name!
Don’t ever disrespect my professionalism!
— Memphis Depay (@Memphis) Nov 3, 2022
“I’m hearing disrespectful rumors that I’m deliberately delaying my recovery,” Memphis said in a statement. “The media shares this stuff so easily without knowing the facts, creating a negative narrative around my name. Never doubt my professionalism!”, he concludes his message on the social medium. Not only in the Spanish media, but also by Dick Advocaat it was suggested that the Barcelona attacker is taking more time than necessary to recover.
Barca are reportedly already satisfied that Depay will no longer play for his club before the World Cup. The LaLiga duels with Almería and Osasuna will therefore probably also pass the former PSV player and that means that Memphis will have to start the World Cup without a match rhythm. The the Dutch squad opens the tournament in more than two weeks with the game against Senegal and will in any case also play against Ecuador and host country Qatar.