Memphis Depay | Lyon player

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if that's the case, i hope we leave the #7 shirt alone for a while and let someone earn it in due course.
 
Don't want him to go. Plenty of others can be shipped before he should be.

Rooney, Januzaj, Jones, Young, Rojo - all bigger problems.
 
Sell him while he still has some value. Though if it's something ridiculous like £5-10m don't bother.

Our winger dilemma is becoming the new midfield dilemma.
 
I think it would be a good move for him, to build some confidence.
His confidence must be rock bottom after last season.
He went from the best footballer in Holland, to a player who was given every opportunity (at MUFC) and failed, so was permanently benched.

If it were me though, I'd try and get a move back to PSV. He likes the club and he does very well in their set up. If he goes back there, he'll immediately be a superstar, once again.
The only problem with moving away from MUFC, is the wage cut - he'll need to take a pay cut, which will be difficult for any youngster to swallow.
 
FC Ronaldo said:
Don't want him to go. Plenty of others can be shipped before he should be.

Rooney, Januzaj, Jones, Young, Rojo - all bigger problems.
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Yeah, 2 defenders, a player we're trying to gradually purge ourselves from, and a player on loan: all of whom are totally relevant to Depay's inconsistency and competition to make the team.

Let him go if the offer is good enough. We'll almost certainly sell him in the summer for less anyway.
 
FC Ronaldo said:
Rooney, Januzaj, Jones, Young, Rojo - all bigger problems.
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Rooney is on huge wages, so ousting him will not be easy.
Januzaj is stinking up Sunderland right now, but the good thing is that when not injured, he does get first team football. I agree though, that in due course, he needs to leave. No rush, though.
Jones - no sane manager would ever pay money for him. We shall let his contract expire and he will fade into nothingness. Unfortunately, his body is not built for football. Shame, really.
Young - this guy can still do a job for MUFC. He works hard, so in smaller games, he can definitely play. He doesn't demand first team football.
Rojo - again, a squad player who will play a few games, but will eventually leave, due to his young age and the ambition which comes with youth.
 
Get rid, he's simply not the player they thought it was.
 
Have they seen him play in the last 12 months?

i'd loan him, there's talent there but his confidence seems shot. If he can rebuild it elsewhere and come back similar to the player we purchased then it'll all be good.
 
Would make sense from both his and our perspective. He has featured in 50 matches for us and he seems to be on a lower level than before he signed. If he's fully focused on his career and on improving himself, he might become a pretty good player around the 25-27 year of age mark.

If he would be a player with an elite calibre of potential, he shouldn't be let go this easily even if he wants out himself (like Chelsea with De Bruyne or us with Pogba). But this does not seem to be the case with Memphis, so good riddance.
 
I do think it should be a loan rather than a sale but one can only hope I guess.
 
He's isn't anywhere near good enough for a starting place at the moment and I doubt he ever will be. Usually these kind of players tend to overstay at this club so I'm not getting my hopes up just yet. Can't see anyone paying more than 7-8 million euro for him.
 
Sadly with Martial and Rashford around, he likely won't make it here. But I still hope he somehow can turn it around, so a loan move would be the best for all parties imo.
 
I personally like him, but think he should move on while good clubs are still interested. He's too much a confidence player for a position that requires someone to take the game by the throat. He's shown his moments of brilliance, but that was only against smaller European clubs. We need someone who we can trust to do it against the likes of the top teams in the league, and eventually against the likes of Barcelona, Bayern, and Real Madrid.
 
I'd be willing to loan him out in Jan and assess the situation in the summer. We'd only get peanuts if we sold him in Jan anyway. We all know the talent is there, maybe he just needs to boost his confidence and get a run of games.

The last thing I'd want happening would be a Kevin de Bruyne type situation.
 
In all seriousness though I wouldn't get rid of him yet, I still think given time he could turn into a top player.
Mind you I have been saying that about Phil Jones too for about 4 years now.
 
izec said:
Depay + 10m for Draxler.
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I would love Draxler at Utd but it would take a hell of a lot more than that to get him. Replace the 1 with a 4 and they may actually pick up the phone.
 
Irrational. said:
I'd be willing to loan him out in Jan and assess the situation in the summer. We'd only get peanuts if we sold him in Jan anyway. We all know the talent is there, maybe he just needs to boost his confidence and get a run of games.

The last thing I'd want happening would be a Kevin de Bruyne type situation.
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Those situations are anomalies. Extremely rare ones.

What usually happens is that the player never improves,becomes difficult to remove and club becomes saddled with.

And we don't all know that the talent is there.I've honestly been shocked by some of the basic fundamentals that Memphis struggles with.
 
Well the difference between De Bruyne and Memphis is the former is actually more talented. It's not a lottery that some of the castaways become good, it is because they have the raw ingredients to succeed at the first place. That not saying Memphis is useless but he doesn't have enough to play for Man United IMO. It's not a coincidence that some of his fans had to resort to every moment he doesn't suck to be positive. The bar has been set too low. Tbf he didn't have enough opportunities this season but it comes from his own performances on training and matches so hardly can blame anyone else.

I'd loan him out on January definitely. He can still perform for a different team and earn us a higher fee than if we get rid directly.
 
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He'll probably have to go a step back to go a couple forward. Wolfsburg is the ideal club for him now. He could still make it here but seems too far off the pace currently and desperately needs regular game time at this point. Memphis sort of mirrors Andersons early days at the club. It's clear the talent is there but perhaps is just slightly lacking what it takes to make the grade here yet could look world class at a team like Porto/Monaco/Wolfsburg
 
If Jones gets more chances than Memphis to discover his form. I will be sad. Please make this a loan. There is talent there. I know its hidden under unnecessary muscles, tatoos and flashy cars but its there.
 
Its going to be up to him. If he wants to go to a team where he'll walk into the first team on his current level then good luck to him. If he wants to stickk it out here and prove he has what it takes to compete at this level then he should man up and accept the challenge. I personally know which type of player I would prefer to see at United. I think he has the potential, just needs time. We should be willing to stick by him but ultimately it will be his decision.
 
Green_Red said:
Its going to be up to him. If he wants to go to a team where he'll walk into the first team on his current level then good luck to him. If he wants to stickk it out here and prove he has what it takes to compete at this level then he should man up and accept the challenge. I personally know which type of player I would prefer to see at United. I think he has the potential, just needs time. We should be willing to stick by him but ultimately it will be his decision.
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This.
 
Bill.s.preston said:
Have they seen him play in the last 12 months?
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Must have watched the Midtjylland & Bruges games and not a second more!


The BlackGaijin said:
There is talent there. I know its hidden under unnecessary muscles, tatoos and flashy cars but its there.
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I know i have talent hidden somewhere under the flab, beer & kebabs... Any chance for me?!
Agree with you on Jones tho, should be sent to the Travellers yard. At least we'll get a few quid for Depay!
 
Would rather he have a year loan and then re evaluate. He clearly has the ability, a bit like Januzaj he's in the middle of the see-saw right now. When he first joined he was showing all the right stuff, he just needs a run of games and something to fall for him.
 
Green_Red said:
Its going to be up to him. If he wants to go to a team where he'll walk into the first team on his current level then good luck to him. If he wants to stickk it out here and prove he has what it takes to compete at this level then he should man up and accept the challenge. I personally know which type of player I would prefer to see at United. I think he has the potential, just needs time. We should be willing to stick by him but ultimately it will be his decision.
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I'm not so sure he'd accept the challenge. To me he comes across as a new breed of footballer who is happy with life success as opposed to footballing achievement. He has the celebrity lifestyle, celebrity GF, flash cars, social media status etc. He seems driven by different things than say Rashford or Martial (both younger, both ahead in the pecking order).
He even looks half-assed when he's sent out to warm up at OT, like he's above being a sub or above the indignation of having to get off the bench and stretch his legs.
For me, I think his all-too ineffective muscles are bigger than his ambition. He has flashes of Ronaldo about him, but seems to lack that desparation for unparalleled footballing success that still drives Ronaldo today.
Hus self-satisfying return to PSV to say 'farewell' to the fans didn't sit right with me at the time & the more I see of Depay, the more I think he was happier as a big fish in a small pond, than out of his comfort zone in the PL.
 
The manager who brought him in didn't rate him. The new manager, who is hopefully going to be here for many years, doesn't rate him either. We can't keep players around who have shown zero signs of improving. It's a tough business, the fans demand instant success which translates to the players needing to be at the top of their game.
 
Seems like we traded one low-on-confidence winger for another. Nani was just as mentally shot as this guy, and we ate our words when Nani started shining again.

Loan first would be my preference.
 
I still think he will come good so its more ideal for him to go for a loan move rather than a permanent transfer.
 
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