Is this the right move for Memphis, if he still has ambitions to become one of the world's best?
Memphis Depay | Lyon player
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Probably the lack of development in his game, doesn't take a genius to work out
Good bye to another LvG flop.
Jealousy.
He never had any attitude problems whatsoever, people see a few fancy cars and assume he doesn't put in work on the training ground.
He just wasn't good enough for us, theres nothing wrong with that. He isn't the first and certainly won't be the last player who we sell for the same reasons.
Good luck to the boy. A front 4 of Memphis, Cornet, Fekir and Lacazette is dreamy stuff, I will definitely be following his career closely
I'm sure he would have chosen Madrid if they were interested. They weren't. He's not exactly spoilt for choice.
It's not like he hasn't been warned over and over for his flashy style off the pitch.
Bye, bye Missis Mempiss Depay.
Another tick in the 'Dutch league is wank' box.
Another tick in the 'Dutch league is wank' box.
Could say it's a 5 year loan deal!
Yeah, he's just 22. Plenty of players have come from the French league over 24 and been amazing. (Eric, Zidane among many others).
I don't know him off the pitch.
I wasn't aware of that. They should be getting simple figures like that right.
I was referring more so the decision to move from the PL to the French league. I'm not sure who'd have wanted him though, Everton showed some interest but maybe they decided on Morgan instead
Oh you think he is in charge of transfers do you ?
I guess the prem is also wank since Morgan Schnederlin flopped here too...
Everywhere he goes his players sell for big figures, we've always been shite, 6 months after his arrival and we're at it too. There must be a correlation.
La Liga too cause of ADM.
Will it be enough if they reach CL just once of the next five seasons then?
Glad we've got some clauses in there. He'll probably do very well there.
Honestly didn't guess he would be this bad for us...
Honestly didn't guess he would be this bad for us...
yeah but they need to get at least third i think
Deal actually looks good. Buy back and sell on clauses show we still think he has a chance to be a top player.
I don't think so. Strong chance of him doing very well in Ligue 1 and being a very good player for Lyon.
Haha, he's definitely got the best out of some of our players.
I just wish he could make Ashley Young good again too.
First time we did business with some common sense for a young player. I guess Jose learned his lessons by inserting a buyback clause and sell on fees after his experiences with Lukaku and de Bruyne.
If there's a buy-back clause then I'm assuming that must've been agreed by Lyon, us AND Memphis? That suggests we still rate him, and the guy himself sees a potential future with us in the future.
I hope this is a kick up the bum for him to get his head down and work hard.
I hope this is a kick up the bum for him to get his head down and work hard.
I still think Memphis will end up a top player. It didn't happen for him at United - doesn't mean it's over for him.
Good move for all parties imo.
Good move for all parties imo.
Chuffed to bits with that, he's the most useless player I've seen in a United shirt since Liam Miller.
Spot on. That's what Mourinho's impact amounts to. He isn't magically raising fees single-handedly, but gives the negotiators the rather powerful option of not selling. With Moyes (wantaways) or LvG (philosophy outcasts) we didn't have that.
£89 Million for Paul 'Former United academy graduate' Pogba in the back of our board's head when they inserted that clause me thinks.
Depay was one I had big hopes for but unfortunately it's not worked out for him here. Good deal for both parties.
They're still reporting we paid £14m for Schweinsteiger though
And that's the last we'll hear of him.
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I understand it was €27.5 m with add ons making it €31m. In May 2015 €27.5m was about £20m. BBC always seem to mix up euroes and pounds deliberately I feel.
Excellent fee.
Almost made our money back on 3 of our worst ever flops (Di Maria, Morgan, Depay).
Top work from Woodward.
Almost made our money back on 3 of our worst ever flops (Di Maria, Morgan, Depay).
Top work from Woodward.
Yeah I think it was. BBC would look even more ridiculous if they suddenly went with a £20 million fee now though after claiming it has been £31 million since the day we bought him (despite every other source saying otherwise).
I think this is a really good deal for us, not just the figures being mentioned but the percentage on his next move and the buy back clause is really clever business. I think this sends a good message out that if you want our players then you have to spend the cash, the money floating around in football is huge and we as a big club always have to pay a premium so its nice to see some money coming back our way for a change. There is a good player in Memphis somewhere, whether or not it will shine through at Lyon i'm not sure but will be looking forward to seeing how he gets on.
I think it's more to do with Woodward. I'm sure he's gone on record as saying that we've been ripped off when selling players far too often and that we need to extract better value from clubs. I can't find any record of this though so it's possible I've made this all up.
why didn't we loan him to a premier league club? I still think it was Van Gaal's fault for what happened to him (and Angel Di Maria)...why sign a player like that then drop him after 1 bad game but continue playing rooney no matter what?
Lmao. So we might make a profit on this if the add on clauses are met. We sell Depay and still hold a ton of leverage over his future if he comes good. Fantastic negotiating from Woodward honestly.
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