Memphis Depay Was one of the signings of 'emergency' that made the FC Barcelona in the season 2021. The Dutch was a request expresses of his compatriot Ronald Koeman, the one who was the trainer of the club in this moment. In spite of arriving with good numbers, since in his last season in the Olympique of Lyon accumulated 22 goals and 12 assistances, the signing resulted to be disappointing.
The attacker faced a total of 42 meetings with the Barça, in which it converted 14 annotations and gave two passes to goal. Nevertheless, his go through the club was marked by a series of injuries that did it lose at least 27 duels (127 days) because of problems in the thighs and an injury in the sinew of Achilles.
The Athletic has not been able to enjoy regularly of the performances Memphis
In front of this irregularity, decided that the best for the player was to look for him an exit, that finally concretised in January of the 2023 when fichó by the Athletic of Madrid. The Madrilenian club paid three million euros by his incorporation, but from his traspaso to beginnings of year has not been able to enjoy fully of the performance of Memphis, since only it has been able to be in 13 meetings with the elastic 'rojiblanca', in which it has agitated the networks six opportunities, losing other 13 careos because of diverse injuries.
In the season 2023/2024, the forward returned recently to the action after losing the crosses of the 'colchoneros' in front of the Lazio by the UEFA Champions League and Valencia CF in LaLiga. The Dutch saw eight minutes in the derbi in front of the Real Madrid, afterwards to be more than three weeks of drop by a no specified injury.
However, recently the Athletic of Madrid announced that in the last session of previous training to the party against Osasuna by the Day 7 of LaLiga, Memphis suffered a muscular problem that will force it to detain again his participation. they are making Medical proofs to determine the gravity of the injury, what prolongs the agony of the ex of the Barça, the one who, when it is entirely healthy, is a differential player, but the injuries have not allowed him deploy his good football with the regularity wished.