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Euro 2021: "I want to play for Ronald Koeman" announces Memphis Depay, increasingly close to Barcelona

2021-06-19T21:58:28.172Z


Followed by PSG and Juventus, Memphis Depay at the end of Lyon's contract gave clear clues about his future on Wednesday in conference


A few days ago, the Catalan newspapers hinted that he could turn his back on FC Barcelona to get closer to PSG. For several months, Memphis Depay was at the top of a list of free players on July 1, closely followed by the Paris club, even if it was not among its priorities. But also followed by Juventus, the now former Lyon striker should head to Barça where he was pressed with insistence in recent weeks. This Wednesday, in a press conference before the Netherlands - Austria on Thursday, Depay gave rather clear clues about his future club.

“Everyone knows my name has been associated with Barca for some time.

I want to play for Ronald Koeman (Editor's note: the coach).

Everyone knows there are discussions and I think we will have some news on this soon.

We have to wait, but I would say that, shortly, we will be able to tell you something definitive.

Let it happen and it will be announced when the time is right.

"

Confidence maintained in the Dutch coach

Depay's desire is therefore to find his former coach Ronald Koeman.

After a mixed season (3rd in Liga, and eliminated in the knockout stages of the Champions League by PSG), Barça leaders have finally decided to maintain their confidence in Ronald Koeman, under contract until June 2022, for the next season.

"After a period of reflection, we have decided to keep Ronald Koeman as coach," club president Joan Laporta said on June 3.

We are very pleased that the discussions have resulted in a unity of criteria on what to do next season and an assessment of what happened last season.

A happy ending for Koeman who will nevertheless be under pressure.

A few days before formalizing the continuation of the collaboration, the trend was indeed to a departure.

"Yes, I told him that he was not my favorite coach, I asked him to give me time to find an alternative, but that he would stay if I did not find one" said Laporta.

But with Depay, Koeman will ensure weight support in the Blaugrana locker room.

Source: leparis

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