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Memphis Depay Completes Move From Man Utd To Lyon

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01:49 20 Jan 2017


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Memphis Depay has completed his move from Manchester United to Lyon.

The Dutch winger moved to Old Trafford from PSV Eindhoven in the summer of 2015.

However, he has had a disappointing time at United, making just 53 appearances, with just eight coming this season.

He moves to Ligue 1 side Olympique Lyonnais for a fee of around €18.5m, rising to €25m.

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">Les premiers mots de <a href="https://twitter.com/Memphis">@Memphis</a> !! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Memphis9?src=hash">#Memphis9</a> <a href="https://t.co/lFkUUnN0qb">pic.twitter.com/lFkUUnN0qb</a></p>&mdash; Olympique Lyonnais (@OL) <a href="https://twitter.com/OL/status/822449830232543232">January 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
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United have also included a buy-back clause in the deal with Lyon, with United boss Jose Mourinho hinting that Depay could make a return to Old Trafford one day, if he impresses in France.

Memphis has left United on good terms and tweeted his thanks to the club:

He has also wished many of his former teammates well for the future:


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