The technical secretary of FC Barcelona continues to work to make the squad for next season, and to award the new Barça coach, Ronald Koeman, a wide range of possibilities for this his first campaign at Can Barça. One of the names that is sounding strongly to reinforce the Barcelona attack is the Dutch Memphis Depay, from the Olympique de Lyon de Aulas.
The 26-year-old forward, Frenkie de Jong's rank mate in the Netherlands, he is a footballer of undoubted technical quality who can act in different positions up front, occupying functions of '9' as well as being able to fall in band, thanks to its speed but above all for its intelligence when it comes to occupying spaces.
Also, Ronald Koeman knows him very well of the Dutch national team. With him he played normally at the top but there were also encounters that he dropped to the left wing, his favorite, since the attacker tends to go inside to enhance his strong shot placed from left to right. With the Netherlands, but especially with Lyon, he has already left several targets with his hallmark.
Since his arrival at Olympique de Lyon in winter 2017 his ascension has been meteoric. It is the main banner of the French team. Leaving his time at Manchester United out of the way, a group where he never adapted, the attacker has strengthened his virtues and improved his defects with an enormous implication of work and effort. The clear example was the hard knee injury that he overcame, and that is that the player finished the last edition of the Champions League in great shape.
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