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Memphis Depay, during a match with the Olympique of Lyon

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In France insist in planting to the PSG like the rival of the Barça by Depay

Published:26/12/2020 - 00:35h

Updated:26/12/2020 - 00:35h

The French press has gone back to insist in the arrival of Depay to the PSG during the next market of signings. The Barça still is the best positioned to achieve his signing

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Memphis Depay Finishes his agreement with the Olympique Lyon in the summer of 2021 and from January will be free to negotiate with any team. There are a lot of big clubs behind the signature of the Dutch forward, but the FC Barcelona continues in the forward to obtain the signing of the player, as long as the economic situation allow it.

Depay Has been one of the two aims of Ronald Koeman since it arrived to the bench of the Camp Nou. The Dutch technician, that already directed to the player of the Lyon in the selection, sees it like a big option to strengthen the leading blaugrana and thus it asked it, beside Eric García, in the market of signings of the summer. However, the club was not in conditions to pay what the Lyon asked and, if it arrived, went to exceed the limit salarial. By his part, the player and his club were totally had to negotiate, but the critical financial situation of the Barça detained the conversations.

In January, the Barcelona will have a new opportunity of ficharle. As it finishes agreement in June, the Lyon will try to sell him by a very inferior figure to his real value and the Barça would have the opportunity to carry him to the Camp Nou by only five million euros, if it is that some another club no advances him . The culés will not go out to the market until it have to a new president, on 25 January, to a week of the end of the window of wintry transfer.

Thus, some means have insisted in the signing of Memphis Depay by another team. It has sounded the Juventus or clubs of the Premier League, but the one who more rumours has accumulated has been the Paris Saint-Germain, that at present lives a very delicate situation to institutional level after the dismissal of Thomas Tuchel like trainer and the imminent arrival of Mauritius Pochettino to the benches of the Park of the Princes.

In fact, 'France Football' has ensured this Friday that the sportive director of the Parisian picture, Leonardo, would have gone back to ask after the Dutch player in front of the discount of his index card. Weeks before, 'Him Parisien' had aimed that the PSG was extremely interested in Depay, whereas 'Sportive World' informed that the Dutch did not want to land to the French capital.

It asked Depay by the PSG?

Although the forward of the Lyon has showed interested by his traspaso to the FC Barcelona, according to the information of 'France Football', has asked to his known by how is the life in the team of the French capital. His compatriot and ex player of the PSG, Gregory go der Wiel, would have been one of the people to which Depay contacted to ask after the virtues of the Parisian picture.

It fits to remember that Memphis keeps a good relation with Neymar Jr, forward of the Paris, and remained evidenciado in the affectionate greeting between both in the last clash of the Lyon and PSG. The Brazilian could be key so that it finish arriving to the Park of the Princes and forget of the Barça.

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