Memphis Depay could struggle to recover from this unexpected transfer window.

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FRANCK FIFE / POOL / AFP

  • Memphis Depay, like OL and Barça coach Ronald Koeman, tried until the end on Monday to complete the transfer of the Dutch international to Catalonia.

  • Stuck by the non-sale of Ousmane Dembélé to Manchester United, FC Barcelona had to abandon the arrival of Memphis Depay, who will therefore be free to engage where he wishes at the end of the season.

  • In the direction of the departures, OL finally sent Jeff Reine-Adelaide to Nice and Joachim Andersen to Fulham on loan in the last hours of the transfer window.

The suspense will have lasted until the end of the transfer window.

From his mini-lap of honor that looked like a farewell at Parc OL after a draw (0-0) against Nîmes on September 18 to the openly stated wish of Ronald Koeman to recruit him on Monday, Memphis Depay was intended to become Barcelona.

We can imagine him having scribbled his first rhymes and rapper punchlines to complete a flashy blaugrana ad for his 14 million subscribers on social networks.

Memphis Depay remains in Lyon.

Barcelona have just announced to OL their choice not to move to Depay without Ousmane Dembele leaving.

OL had however sent all the papers to finalize the transfer #Mercato #RMCLive

- Loïc Tanzi (@Tanziloic) October 5, 2020

But no, the 26-year-old Dutch striker will have to wait until next winter to possibly choose one of the “big clubs” making him dream, in the skin of a player free from any contract and by definition prized.

The fragile finances of Barça have not (yet) allowed Ronald Koeman and Memphis Depay to extend their beautiful complicity seen with the Oranje.

The trip to Strasbourg on October 18 promises to be tough

For this, the Catalan club would have had to manage to sell one of its players at high market value during this transfer window, but Manchester United was not ready to take the plunge on Monday for Ousmane Dembélé.

OL is the other big loser of the evening, since he had done everything possible to facilitate a transaction that could bring him up to 25 million euros, as well as the saving of one of the biggest salaries of the team.

Should the "unifier" Memphis Depay remain the leader of this OL?

https://t.co/dcyzkGRBMH

- 20 Minutes (@ 20Minutes) July 30, 2020

His star striker, who is struggling to regain his best level since his serious knee injury, will therefore not bring him transfer compensation, unless an improbable contract extension in the coming months.

Memphis Depay will therefore have to forget the shocks he imagined playing this month against Real Madrid and Juventus to focus on an exciting trip to Strasbourg on October 18.

How do you say “wet the back of your neck” in Dutch?

Nice supporters, a few words to (re) warm Jeff?

🔥🔴⚫️ pic.twitter.com/zP9LIiiZl5

- OGC Nice (@ogcnice) October 5, 2020

Joachim Andersen opts for Fulham loan

OL have had little more success in resolving the thorny Jeff Reine-Adelaide issue, which failed to reach an agreement with Hertha Berlin.

In the last moments of the transfer window, the attacking midfielder, on the other hand, signed up with OGC Nice for an unexpected paying loan of one year (500,000 euros plus a bonus of 500,000 € in case of European qualification), with an option of purchase set at 25 million euros.

IT'S A CENTER-BACK!

🚨 # GreatDane pic.twitter.com/yLvAyThJV3

- Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) October 5, 2020

Lyon would undoubtedly have preferred to avoid this risk of strengthening a direct competitor in Ligue 1, who has been

enjoying

themselves since this summer with his reinforcement

made in

OL Amine Gouiri at the forefront.

For Danish defender Joachim Andersen, it is a paying loan of € 1m (plus € 1m if the club is to be retained) without an option to buy Fulham, the current Premier League red lantern.

Despite the reinforcements on Monday, as planned for the short term, from defenders Mattia De Sciglio (Juventus, loan without option to buy) and Djamel Benlamri (free, one year contract + another year optional), the results are to say the least mixed.

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