FROM THE BEST '9' TO THE FIXED ON THE BENCH
From indisputable to discarded: This has been the stage of Memphis in Barça
Published:19/01/2023 - 14:19h
Updated:19/01/2023 - 14:19h
The change of direction of FC Barcelona has ended up having Memphis Depay as one of the great 'victims'. The striker never convinced Xavi and has ended up being on the exit ramp towards Madrid
Memphis Depay Arrived free to the FC Barcelona in a summer in which the Barcelona staff weakened , especially in attack, with the surprising exit of Leo Messi, in addition to the session to last hour of Griezmann to the Athletic of Madrid. The new Managerial Board needed sanear the arks of the club and for this understood that it could not force any signing and the Dutch was the big star of this project, beside Sergio Agüero that lamentably had to withdraw a pair of months after his arrival.
With Ronald Koeman in the bench, Memphis arrived like free player from the Lyon with an index card of a bit more than 5 millions by season and without being the footballer that a lot of culés expected in that moment. However, with the confidence of the technician, the forward rowed all what could in August, September and October of 2021, although the project of Koeman finally finished before it finish the year.
It marked 4 goals with the trainer that now is with Low Countries, 2 with the interim Sergi Barjuan and 7 with Xavi, that yes trusted the forward the previous course. Memphis Marked 13 so many in his first year, 12 of them in League. With Ansu and Dembélé lesionados in that end of 2021, Memphis was the big '9' of the club and the footballer in which the fans put his hopes to win a party.
The moment of the change
The bad news for Depay arrived in winter. Aubameyang And Ferran Torres added to the team and Xavi, together with an injury of the player, were taking out to the Dutch of the eleven headline. After being headline in 21 meetings followed, in the present campaign only has taken part in 4 parties of 25. His injury of September in the biceps femoral, an injury that had to have him 4 weeks out of the terrains of game, lengthened so much that Memphis no longer went back to play until the World-wide.
The own player ensured that it had not reserved to play in his selection, but the reality is that with the arrival of Lewandowski and Raphinha, more the recovery of Ansu and Dembélé, already neither had the necessary consideration to play by that period. Finally it returned the football of clubs in December and remained showed that Depay had turned into the last option of attack of Xavi, of there his exit in this same winter with course to the Athletic.
