Sunday at the stroke of 23 hours, just after the end of the championship, and this OL-Nice, Olympique Lyonnais will therefore be orphaned by Memphis Depay. The interested party confided it himself to our colleague from “L’Equipe”. The Dutchman, who admits to having separated from his agents, indicates that he will choose his destination himself: “Today, I am free, so the negotiation should not be too difficult, my mother could do it!”.
Regrets not having won a title with OL
The man with 76 goals with OL, and 13th scorer (tied with André Guy) in the entire history of the Olympian club, does not fail to thank the institution which relaunched him: “The president is really a magnificent man and I do not regret that he brought me here with Florian Maurice “. Memphis insists with the thanks: “There are so many people that I want to thank Rudi (Garcia), Bruno (Genesio), the assistants, the staff, everyone”.
The only downside he admits in this interview to “L’Equipe”: the lack of a title. “It’s a trophy that I miss. It’s very difficult for me to tell myself that I haven’t won anything in Lyon. The League Cup final lost against PSG still hurts me,” said Memphis .
The man with a lion tattooed on his back was undoubtedly made to discover Lyon and work for Olympique Lyonnais. He did it rather well, offering the flashes of an atypical player, sometimes touching genius, and also annoying detractors. When you invent, you can’t do everything. But he left a mark, and his goals can be looped on a gray sky day.
He will leave without the homage of the Lyon public, even if the fans will be massed behind the bend in front of Nice. He would have deserved a start with a beautiful ceremony. But Memphis never did things like everyone else. Good luck.
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