Memphis Depay has mentioned he’ll “hold that dialog for one more time” in an announcement confirming the top of his profession at Atletico Madrid, which he instructed “might have been very totally different”.
Netherlands ahead Depay joined Atleti from Barcelona for round £2.6 million in January 2023 however was restricted to 9 Liga begins in 2023/24, scoring 9 objectives in 31 appearances in all competitions.
Fourth-placed Atleti reportedly had an possibility to increase Depay’s contract till the top of 2024/25 however have launched the 30-year-old.
Not simple to say how I really feel about scripting this message as a result of I really feel that issues might’ve been very totally different.Possibly it’s higher to maintain that dialog for one more time…To @Atleti , my teammates, the employees and specifically the followers, I wanna thanks for the power and assist… pic.twitter.com/kNHtJxHSCq
— Memphis Depay (@Memphis) June 2, 2024
“Not simple to say how I really feel about scripting this message as a result of I really feel that issues might’ve been very totally different,” Depay wrote on social media alongside footage of him taking part in for the membership and purple and white coronary heart emojis.
“Possibly it’s higher to maintain that dialog for one more time. To Atletico Madrid, my team-mates, the employees and particularly the followers, I need to thanks for the power and assist I’ve skilled in my time being a Atleti participant. I hold the nice recollections near my coronary heart.”
Depay leaves Atletico Madrid
Group-mates Alvaro Morata, Axel Witsel, Rodrigo Riquelme and Samu Omorodion have been amongst these to reply with messages of assist.
Former Manchester United ahead Depay missed 12 league matches and 6 of Atleti’s 10 Uefa Champions League video games this season by damage.
He gained La Liga and the Spanish Tremendous Cup with Barca in 2022/23 however solely made 4 appearances throughout the marketing campaign due to a thigh difficulty.
Oranje supervisor Ronald Koeman appeared to interrupt the information of Depay’s seek for a brand new membership in a press convention earlier this week.
Koeman has named Depay in his squad for Uefa Euro 2024 this summer season regardless of the long-serving worldwide solely returning to Netherlands motion in March after a 12 months out.
Depay, who has 90 caps and 44 objectives, scored twice for his nation on their strategy to a round-of-16 exit at Euro 2020.
The Netherlands play friendlies towards Canada and Iceland earlier than beginning their marketing campaign in Germany towards Poland on June 16. They then face France on June 21 and Austria 4 days later.