2nd only to Mbappe in ligue 1 top scorers. Mbappe who has Neymar, Di Maria and a 500m team behind him. Well worth a free transfer risk. Just don't give him a stupid salary so it's impossible to get rid of him.
Just like Ben Yedder.
Kevin Volland, Terem Moffi, Andy Delort, Gaetan Laborde, Burak Yilmaz, Jonathan David, Moise Kean and Karl Toko Ekambi have scored more non penalty goals than Memphis Depay this season. Memphis Depay won't take penalties in Barcelona, if he comes.
If you check "non penalty goals per minute" he sits on 40th place in Ligue 1, I won't list all the names in front of him there...
All the while having a 70,8% pass success rate, and being 2nd only to Gaetan Laborde in ligue 1 shots taken...
He also has 10 assists. Are they worth something to you?
I don't think he's a fantastic player but... he scores goals, he's a set piece expert, he's captain so has leadership qualities (something we lack). He also assists plenty. He's free and in his prime years.
Negatives...not as good as Haaland, Mbappe, Neymar + bunch of other forwards we can't afford to buy.
He won't be captain or take set pieces in Barcelona either, hopefully.
Leadership qualities? Does Messi have them as well? Depay is the star in that team who sits at 3rd in Ligue 1 now and ended up 7th last year. I don't know very much about his personality, but I saw in that same compilation I mentioned that he used his back heel to recieve a cross like Neymar, and tries Panenka penalties. Say what you want about it, not a style I associate with a leader, or what I think Barcelona is in need of.
With regards to assists, it's the same story if you take assist/min into account, then he sits at 19th place in Ligue 1 this year. Last year he ended up at 68th place in Ligue 1 in that stat, but was 9th in non-penalty goal/min with 9 goals...
Messi isn't comparable and Mascherano probably isn't either?
My guess was Depay is captain based on his football qualities rather than as a leader, but as said, I don't know about his personality. We'll see then, if he arrives...
I don't want him for free, as I am very unimpressed by what I've seen. Konrad/Peque/Collado are three free alternatives, as are Trincao, Fati, or Braithwaite.
If you are more interested in my view you can check my posts in the previous page.
Memphis Depay is set to join Barcelona this summer, as he has accepted a new, lower proposal from the Catalans. [rac1]