Memphis Depay’s slippery slope seems to keep tipping ever vertical. A dismal half hour against Feyenoord last week, added to a handful of minutes in the Premier League, is all Depay has from his season so far.
The performance against Feyenoord surely won’t have got the player any closer to a Manchester United start in an important game, and it’s not even certain he’ll get in the starting eleven against Northampton on Wednesday.
The player’s international career has also come to a halt. Under fire manager Daley Blind has announced a 29 man preliminary squad, and Depay hasn’t made it. The Netherlands aren’t blessed with brilliant footballers right now, for Depay to be so down the pecking order is revealing, but understandable given he’s not getting games and his reputation has nosedived.
Newcastle United’s Vurnon Anita, as well as several players based in the Netherlands, have been chosen ahead of him. Depay wasn’t included in the last international meet-up, and he’s not really getting football anywhere right now.
If things don’t change quickly then, for the sake of his career, Depay may have to accept he needs to leave Manchester United, even if only on loan.
The full squad, via De Telegraaf, is:
‘Vurnon Anita (Newcastle United), Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord), Daley Blind (Manchester United), Jeffrey Bruma (VfL Wolfsburg), JasperCillessen (FC Barcelona), Jordy Clasie (Southampton), Virgil van Dijk (Southampton), Bas Dost (Sporting CP), Jorrit Hendrix (PSV), Vincent Janssen (Tottenham Hotspur), Luuk de Jong (PSV), Rick Karsdorp (Feyenoord), Davy Klaassen (Ajax), Terence Kongolo (Feyenoord), Luciano Narsingh (PSV), Quincy Promes (Spartak Moskou), Davy Pröpper (PSV), Bart Ramselaar (PSV), Wesley Sneijder (Galatasaray), Maarten Stekelenburg (Everton), Kevin Strootman (AS Roma), Kenny Tete (Ajax), Joël Veltman (Ajax), Ron Vlaar (AZ), Michel Vorm (Tottenham Hotspur), Stefan de Vrij (Lazio), Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), Jetro Willems (PSV) and Jeroen Zoet (PSV).
