Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo fight for a signing: the crack that Barcelona and Juventus want
Depay's impressive numbers with 8 goals in 16 games played, drew the attention of teams like Juventus
The former Manchester United striker Memphis Depay is in the last year of his contract, which will facilitate his arrival at the club that wins for his services, as the player's price would only be 4.5 million pounds, once the winter market signings be open. Depay at some point was one of the main objectives of FC Barcelona, specifically the manager Koeman had already looked for him in the last summer.
However due to the economic problem that all the teams in the world live and FC Barcelona is not the exception, it was impossible to achieve the demands of Club Lyon for the services of the Dutch. Depay's impressive numbers with 8 goals in 16 games played, drew the attention of teams like Juventus, who offered a significant amount of money for the Dutch striker.
According to the Italian media Sport Diario, Juventus FC coach Andrea Pirlo wants to have another attacker in his ranks, which include Ronaldo, Morata and Dybala. The forward of the Neapolitan club Arkadiusz Milik, is also in the orbit of Juventus. The Dutch striker for now ruled out a possible team change with FC Barcelona, however Club Lyon could be forced to sell the player and get good money from the transfer
For now, FC Barcelona is fifth in the general table, 8 points behind the leaders Atletico de Madrid and Real Madrid, that has an impressive step of 5 consecutive victories. Depay has managed to regain his level in France after the failure that was in Manchester United where he only scored 2 goals in 33 games played.