Memphis Depay (left) will no longer play for Barça – Photo: / Getty Images
FC Barcelona and Memphis Depay go their separate ways. In the course of the transfer, Xavi Hernandez was asked whether Barça would like to equalize with a new signing.
The change has not yet been officially confirmed. Memphis Depay already trained at Atletico Madrid on Thursday. According to reports, the Colchoneros will pay a transfer fee of three million euros plus one million bonuses, Depay will receive a two-and-a-half-year contract that runs until 2025.
“It wouldn’t be a tragedy if we didn’t replace him with anyone, but if we can strengthen it’s better,” said Xavi Hernandez, FC Barcelona coach, following the 5-0 Copa del Rey win over AD Ceuta . “Memphis asked to leave.”
With Depay’s departure, Barça will lose the only learned replacement for Robert Lewandowski. So Xavi encourages the board to urgently look around the transfer market again. The Blaugrana still have time until the end of January to sign a Depay replacement.
A solution that will probably get really hot again in the coming days is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The African only left Barça for Chelsea last summer, but does not convince there – and has had top-class competition with Joao Felix.
