Olympique Marseille hopes to get Memphis Depay loose from Barcelona. That writes the Catalan SPORT† The international of the Dutch, who previously also took note of the interest of Tottenham Hotspur, thus has a transfer option. Memphis himself would prefer to stay at Barca.
Barcelona and coach Xavi have doubts about Memphis and whether he has a future at Camp Nou. Marseille has also heard of this: the French will play in the Champions League next season and want to be prepared. With the attack leader of the Dutch thinks TO be a lot better prepared. Memphis’ contract in Catalonia has another year to run and so Marseille chairman Pablo Longoria has already reached out to negotiate a transfer fee. It is not clear to what amount the Blaugranas think.
Marseille would not be the first French club to join Memphis, as he already played for Olympique Lyon between January 2017 and the summer of 2021. Tottenham Hotspur will, however, hope it doesn’t come from a return to French Ligue 1, as they also have above-average interest in the Dutchman’s services. Memphis himself has indicated that he is not open to a departure from Barcelona and that he would like to take his chance. Whether that will happen remains to be seen.
The born Moordrechter came over from Lyon transfer-free last summer and was undisputed basic player under Ronald Koeman. After the resignation of the Dutch coach, the entrance of Xavi, some injuries and a series of offensive reinforcements, the role of Memphis became more and more modest. The 80-time the Dutch international (42 goals) still had to make do with substitutes, but was able to provide decent figures at the end of the season with 13 hits in 37 games across all competitions.
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