Hopefully a Dortmund scout was watching.
Memphis Depay | Atletico player
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I’d take him back. At the reported 30m buy back we have - that’s what we’d get if we shifted the likes of Smalling, Andreas etc.
Me too. We need one attacker in. Could test him down the right too.
Surely he is not available for 30m? I would love him back now, for me it is a no brainer. He can play across the front 3, you need depth and much prefer him then Grealish for 70 million it would take to get him.
The contours of his nose is magnificent to behold. The way it flares out sideways but also manages to look long and rubbery when seen in profile.
There is special websites for people like you. I'll send you a PM.
Seriously? A flop that was so bad that a past it and fat Rooney outplayed him, now coming from a torn ACL. He's more of a Crystal Palace player, doesn't have what it takes to succeed at the top and we have enough players like that.
Can’t we buy him on the cheap for Dortmund as a sweetener?
If the top scorer in Ligue 1 isn't good enough as a rotation player for us, then who is? Messi??
The league is one game in
Agbonlahor scored a hat trick on the opening day in 2008, Micky Quinn in 1993 also
The league is one game in
Agbonlahor scored a hat trick on the opening day in 2008, Micky Quinn in 1993 also
Indeed, I'm just desperate to get someone in!!He is not good enough as an all around player. We will stay away like all the best clubs.
Unlike the club that made it to the semis in the CL beating Juve and City on the way?
Memphis Depay opens door to departure: “One needs to think about his career, his ambitions. Without the Champions’ League, it is hard. For the moment, I am here.” (Téléfoot Chaine)
Games in which he barely touched the ball.
It would certainly require no brain.
That's true, but its harsh to label Lyon not a good club.
He just came back from an acl injury, some players take a year to get back to their old self.
If he's a Crystal Palace type player then Lingard must be Portsmouth quality.
Question I would ask then... Sub on Him or Lingard?
We need depth with quality right about now, not world beaters.
He's a lot better than he showed with his time at United. He reached his top level only a few times at United but he did show glimpses of what he can do.
His all round game is actually one of his strengths to be honest. He's great at holding the ball up and linking.
He was so poor for us, it's hard not to forget how he couldn't pass to another red shirt 3-4 yards away under no pressure and groan after groan from the crowd. He came alive when we played Club Brugge who were really poor back then.
He's looked good for Netherlands as well but it's not only his poor performances here but his admitted mentality, not sure we need to take a risk again. He'll be a squad player but after a while he may think he should starting every game and things go south again. I think he should be starting and be the main player at whatever club that is. He would be better than James or Lingard right now though looking at recent years but only if he understands his role here.
He's looked good for Netherlands as well but it's not only his poor performances here but his admitted mentality, not sure we need to take a risk again. He'll be a squad player but after a while he may think he should starting every game and things go south again. I think he should be starting and be the main player at whatever club that is. He would be better than James or Lingard right now though looking at recent years but only if he understands his role here.
For a reported £30mil, it’s a no brainier if we’re not going for the Sancho fee.
Yes. Championship/League One player. If being better than him or Andreas/James is the standard to strengthen the squad I'm sure we'll have cheaper and younger options all over the world.
Yes lots of players in that Lyon team we shouldn't sign. They finished 7th in the league and had a great cup run. Depay would have to operate in a pseudo 10 role. A bit of cute link up play and movement, not much dribbling, coupled with a talented shot. We don't have a need for that.
He is better. He is at a club that supports his level and gives him the ability to prosper. When I first saw Depay I predicted he would be best suited to a pseudo 10 position because he has some game smarts and a great shot. We tried to play him as a winger and he got mopped up by prem defenders because quite frankly he is a shit dribbler. Do we have a need for him in our team/squad? I don't think so but I could be wrong. But as a squad player I doubt he would be accommodated adequately in a strategic sense.
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Just thinking about the fact Memphis was deemed not good enough to play for United but weve had to watch Dan James play 33 times this season.
Life is not fair sometimes
Life is not fair sometimes
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I'd take him back, Zaha too at this rate!
Dan James man
Dan James man
His contract expires in 2021, gonna be a nice pickup for someone.
Barcelona it seems.
Barcelona it seems.
James is not playing in his best position. That’s on the left, so if Depay was here, he would also be playing out of position - and did you forget how average he was when playing in his best position on the left at Utd?
I have nothing against Depay, and glad he’s doing well, but he’s not making me think we should have him back. We have all moved on.
Wouldn’t be hugely shocked if he ended up at Barca actually.
Koeman loves him.
Koeman loves him.
I also agree he’s better as a striker / false 9. He could play a similar role that martial does for us now, would actually be the perfect replacement.
when he plays on the left for Lyon he doesn’t really try to take people on like a winger anymore, he plays a lot more narrow similar to mane/salah positions.
I think United we’re still obsessed with the 442 style that relies on crossing and individual 1v1 duels.
anyway I doubt we’d bring him back but we could do a lot worse than resign him.
Van de Beek, Wijnaldum and Depay will probably move to Barcelona this September. Another chapter of the catalan-dutch "alliance".
It's doubtful we'd pay 30 million if just one year left with the right side needing attention.
In that sense you could be right. However if we signed him for any other reason it would IMO be an utterly pointless and fruitless signing. Doubt he would want to be a bench player anyway.
For all his shit games for us I still love to remember his game against Brugge. One of the best individual displays I have seen from one of our players in the last years.
He really was fantastic that night i thought he was second coming of Ronaldo.