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Depay is an Atlético player. This is the perfect signing for Simeone

Date: March 29, 2024 Time: 12:25:25

Memphis Depay is one of the most controversial footballers of our time. His whole career is like a roller coaster, he is far from stable. He got off to a good start in his native Netherlands, didn’t play for Manchester United, but flourished at Lyon (76+55 in 178 games) before earning well-deserved promotion from Barcelona. Ronald Koeman has managed to fit Memphis into the scheme, with the striker scoring 12+2 points in 28 LaLiga games, which is pretty good for a team in crisis. However, Koeman did not hold on to the head coach job and Depay lost his place in the squad. His departure was only a matter of time, and he has arrived.

Photo source: FC Barcelona

Atlético is Depay’s new club

Despite the fundamental rivalry between Barcelona and Atlético, the clubs trade players quite often, and Depay was next on the list.

The first thing you need to understand in a completed transaction is the reason for the transition. Depay’s transfer came as a reaction to the departure of João Félix from Atlético Madrid, which left Madrid with very few attacking players. Since Diego Simeone prefers to play in a 4-4-2, where the more defensive players tend to act as wingers, Memphis will have to compete with Álvaro Morata, Ángel Correa and, literally, former Barça teammate Antoine Griezmann for a place in the frontal. attacks

Photo source: Atlético FC

Depay is just 28 years old and his career has shown that he does, in fact, feel better in the center forward position. With the Netherlands he scored 43 goals in 86 games, which shows perfectly that, with the right approach, Memphis is the sharpest weapon in attack. The main thing is to find the right approach to it.

Memphis will not immediately get a place in the base, but it is fundamentally different from the classic striker Morata and Griezmann, who is more accurate and works in all areas of the field, so Simeone gets not only a new super scorer, but also opportunities. for a variety of tactics.

The financial side of the transfer.

“Mattress” once again showed an excellent ability to work in the transfer market. They gave Felix away for 11 million euros for six months, and instead signed Barcelona’s top striker for only 3 (!) million euros, and on top of that they played it safe, giving a short-term contract only until the summer of 2025.

Photo source: Atlético FC

Atlético followed the learned path, signing world-class players from Barça for a penny, who at one point were not needed by the Catalans, for example:

– Luis Suárez was about to be expelled from Barcelona, ​​​​but Simeone was able to breathe new youth into the Uruguayan, thanks to which he scored 34 + 6 in 83 games for Atlético in two seasons.

– David Villa was the most brilliant player of the change of the last decades, but the Barcelona discarded it selling it to the Madrid by only 2.1 million euros. And in vain Villa has scored 15 goals and given 5 assists in 47 games.

– Griezmann returned to Madrid for 20 million euros, which is not small compared to previous deals, but still a penny if you look at it from the other side. In 2019, Antoine went to Barcelona for 120 million euros, and in 2021 he returned for six times less. Sorry, but this is the perfect “divorce” from Atlético.

It only remains to congratulate Atlético, and now enjoy Depay’s game.

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Puck Henry
Puck Henry
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