Let's be real, Depay didn't add 5kg of muscles, it was more like half fats and half muscles.
His national team performances are in the post right above. If you want to go and exclude those during his United spell be my guest, but its not going to make much difference. At no point in his career has he been effective against top teams, not just when he was with us. That might change but he's nearly 28 now, it's getting less and less likely.
Fairly rudimentary, who are the biggest clubs across the main leagues. You can get more scientific if you like or argue against the likes of the current Ajax and Milan but I'd say the majority of them are there.
Yes, 5kg in 6weeks for someone that was already lifting is undoable, but to maintain his body fat percentage it would have to be ~4,5kg of muscle.
The real time frame is actually between Aug, when he reported for preseason to whenever the league started.
No, he didn't sign after the world cup. He stayed at PSV to become top scorer and win the title. 15/16 was his first season.
He played only four times in the starting line-up against Ajax. Three times he came in very late when he was still seen as a 17 and 18-year-old youth player at PSV. Logical since Dries Mertens was preferred on the left winger position, the best PSV player of that team. 1 goal from four games against Ajax. Not bad.Heh?
Madrid - 26 in 45
Atletico - 32 in 43
PSG - 6 in 10
Chelsea - 3 in 10
Milan - 8 in 8
Juve - 3 in 7
Arsenal - 9 in 6 ()
City - 6 in 6
Bayern - 4 in 6
Us - 4 in 6
And so on. Totally overrated.
As for Depay, you can exclude his United stint if you like.
City - 0 in 3
Barcelona - 0 in 2
PSG - 1 in 9
Ajax - 1 in 7
You see where i'm going with this? I'm afraid he's just not that good...
Yep, but it was logical that we played him in a way that he was already playing for PSV. As mentioned before, LvG actually realised he wasn't cut out for that type of role at the top level and started transitioning him into more of a playmaker where the games run through him. Unfortunately for Memphis, Rashford exploded onto the scene and then Mourinho came which killed his career here.
It’s quite bizarre
The laws of thermodynamics don't apply to Memphis, Memphis applies to the laws of thermodynamics.
I'll get your coat.
Cheers. I'll toss you my car keys so you can get that as well.
Which would be even more impressive if you change it to goals scored with Memphis on the pitch if I understand it correctly.
Since 13 October 2018, Gini has scored 18 goals (+17 assists). Together with Memphis they've scored ~75% of goals.
People can't seem to grasp that a player who flopped once in a big team can change position and improve in 5 years to may be even a world class player in another team.
Personally, I'm quite happy for Memphis that he's doing so well now. He was one of the players who never really spoke ill about us or behaved badly. But tbh I can't quite fathom how he can go from that bad to this good. Although I'd have to watch him a bit more for Barcelona but it seems everyone is convinced that he's now a quality player.
The article also went on to compare this stat to a few others: apparently it was 46% for Messi at Barca and 41% for Ronaldo at Juve last season, and 48% for Lewandowski in his record season. But various things could be said to contextualize Messi's and Ronaldo's numbers, so it's not a great comparison.
yep too true. he's one of those players you keep thinking will come good cause of his skills, then you look at his stats and sigh
Don't forget this one
High praise indeed.
He was always like this. Just go look his stats for Ligue 1. Goal, assist, goal, shit, shit, shit, hat trick vs Dijon/Amiens/Angers, assist, goal, shit, shit, shit...
Imagine how good Messi is then with the numbers he got last year with this barca and the way he carried them to top four.
