After several weeks of wait, the FC Barcelona has presented of official way to Memphis Depay like the new Barcelona player, the one who arrives to the Camp Nou pertinent of the Olympique of Lyon after culminating his agreement with the French group, to reinforce the forward of the Catalan picture directed by Ronald Koeman, the one who is one of the big admirers of the Dutch attacker.
Memphis Depay Has signed an agreement with the Barça by two years, until the season 2022-2023, with a clásula of rescission of 500 millions for 'scare' to all the clubs interested in his index card. The act has taken place in the loge Josep Suñol, beside the president of the club, Joan Laporta, the sportive vice-president, Rafa Yuste and the director of football, Mateu Alemany.
The Dutch has showed very thrilled in his first apparition with the FC Barcelona and at all times has been commenting with the maximum Barcelona mandator, Joan Laporta, his feelings when being signing his agreement by two years. After the signature, to the celebration added Yuste and Alemany, those who also congratulated to Memphis for signing his so longed for agreement with the Barça.
After being photographed beside the Barcelona directors, also has posed with his mother, for afterwards direct to the vesturario, put the uniform of his new team and jump to the field to take his first photographies like player culé, although it already has trained in three opportunities with the rest of his mates in the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper under the orders of Ronald Koeman.
"I want to appreciate to the team of Memphis because from the first moment showed his will to want to play to the Barça"
In the presentation, Joan Laporta has commented that "Memphis is a player with a lot of personality, inside and out of the field, think that we need this type of players. We put us of agreement because there was very good will in the two parts. I want to appreciate to the team of Memphis because from the first moment showed his will to want to play to the Barça, and those are the players that want in our team".
To his time, the maximum Barcelona mandator aimed that Laporta: "today we incorporate to a big player, with some big values and very very educated by his mother", before giving him the word to the leading of the afternoon to offer his first statements like Barcelona player.
Now, officially, Memphis is smart to give his first steps like player of the Barça. Will have the oportunidas to première like footballer culé, this Saturday 24 July, in the friendly second of pre-season of the culés, in front of the Girona, from the 19:00 hours (in Spain) in the estadi Johan Cruyff.
The Barça has to a forward of guarantees
The group barcelonista has sealed the incorporation of an attacker that, without place to doubts, will be important for the 'revolution' of the Barça in the season 2021-2022. Depay Is the last of the four signings that Joan Laporta has closed, until the moment, and is a player that Ronald Koeman asked from his day one in Can Barça. A tempoada afterwards, the club has conceded his 'wish' and already has in his changing room a piece that can give a lot of joys to the barcelonismo.
The true is that Memphis is a synonymous of goal and is something that likes to the Barça. During the past course, with the Lyon, annotated 22 goals with the French: 20 in it Tie it 1 and two in the Glass of France, in addition to giving 12 assistances to his mates. Now, the challenge is capital, but the Dutch is prepared to assume it.