[골닷컴] Reporter Kang Dong-hoon = The attack reinforcement of Tottenham Hotspur, a professional soccer team in England, is not yet finished. At the request of coach Antonio Conte (52, Italy), he is busy moving to sign Memphis Depay (28), who is playing for Barcelona (Spain).
Multiple media outlets such as UK ‘Talk Sports’, ‘Daily Mail’, ‘The Sun’ and ‘Football London’ said on the 6th (Korean time), “Tottenham are interested in signing Depay among several candidates while coach Conte wants to strengthen their attack. Yes. It is known that he recently inquired about a transfer to Barcelona.”
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According to the report, Tottenham have already signed Richalisson (25), and there are existing attackers such as Son Heung-min (29), Harry Kane (28), and Deyan Kulusevsky (22), but they are definitely competitive by signing Depay as well. plans to have In particular, it is expected that this will be a reinforcement of Conte’s will to increase the variety of attacks.
Moreover, as Depay is currently nominated for release, even the transfer fee is cheap, so Tottenham is expected to actively participate. In fact, Depay wore a Barcelona jersey last summer, but was not included in the plans of coach Xavi Hernandez (42, Spain), who took over midway, and was classified as out of line. With only one year left on his contract, the set transfer fee is only 20 million euros (about 27 billion won).
However, competition is inevitable as North London Derby rival Arsenal (England) is also interested in signing him. Arsenal also want Depay in the context of further reinforcement work. ‘Football London’ said: “Arsenal have already shown interest in Depay two months ago and consider it a useful option.”
Depay made his professional debut in 2011 with PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands). He began to make a name for himself after four years as a key player, and he joined Manchester United (England) with great expectations. But his Manchester United days were so miserable that he wanted to erase them from his memory. He was criticized each time for his poor performance over two seasons.
In the end, he transferred to Olympique Lyonne (France) in 2017 and spread the wings of resurrection. After being caught on the radar of big clubs again, he continued his career after wearing the Barcelona uniform last summer. Last season for Barcelona, he scored 13 goals and provided two assists in 37 appearances in all competitions.