Failure to monitor Memphis Depay's situation would almost be considered professional misconduct.
The Olympique Lyonnais striker, who receives PSG this Sunday evening, is at the end of his contract in the Rhône next June.
Since January 1, the Dutchman can engage with the club of his choice.
And this one could well be Paris from the month of July.
The truth of March is not always that of the following summer.
But, according to our information, the name Depay appears regularly in recent weeks when it comes to evoking the future transfer window of the capital club.
In the mouths of market players and even within the club's headquarters, in Boulogne-Billancourt.
The 27-year-old striker is at the top of a list of free players as of July 1.
Like Lionel Messi, Gianluigi Donnarumma, David Alaba, Sergio Agüero or Sergio Ramos.
Some will continue in their club, others will leave.
Today, it is unlikely to see Memphis Depay continue at OL.
The Gones have indeed submitted an offer of extension.
For the moment, the international Oranje (59 caps) has not followed up.
Present at a press conference this Friday, he did not speak about his future.
Not the time, nor the place three days from a shock that will oppose one of his suitors.
“For the moment, Memphis is at the end of his contract but he has not left.
Our extension proposals remain relevant even if at the moment "T" they have not been validated, "says Jean-Michel Aulas on the sidelines of the interview granted to Le Parisien this Friday.
Barça and Juventus on the lookout
Trained at PSV Eindhoven, recovered in 2017 by OL (against 16 million euros) when he was in check at Manchester United, Memphis Depay is at a turning point in his career.
His statistics in Lyon impress (69 goals, 52 assists in 168 games) and he seems to have corrected his lack of consistency over the months.
But the Dutchman has always said it: he aims higher and wants to play in the Champions League every season.
"I want to go to a club like Real, Barça, Chelsea, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain or Bayern Munich," he said in January 2019 to the Dutch magazine Helden.
Last winter, he was very close to joining FC Barcelona.
The operation was not concluded for various reasons due to the Catalan news (finances at half mast, change of management…).
But Barça will undoubtedly return to the charge before the summer, like Juventus, where his name is circulating with insistence.
For PSG, Depay does not yet seem to be a priority issue (a midfielder and a right side come forward).
Everything will depend on the offensive architecture that Mauricio Pochettino and Leonardo wish to design.
Angel Di Maria extended, Neymar is expected to follow.
But what about Kylian Mbappé or Julian Draxler?
If one of these two men (or both) were to leave the capital this summer, the profile of Memphis Depay, who can evolve as a second striker, in point or on one side, will return to the top of the pile of files of the Parisian management.
In the meantime, PSG will closely monitor Neymar's friend on Sunday evening on the Lyon lawn.
All Paris remembers the skylight found by Depay in 2018 in the 95th minute of a shock won by OL (2-1).
