Barcelona is expected to verify the signing of Olympique Lyonnais Memphis Depay’s striker this week and has reached the agreement, Dutch media outlet Telegraaf reports.
The Dutch foreigner is said to form an attacking association opposed to the Catalan giants with Lionel Messi next year with negotiations between all parties for an agreement.
It is claimed that Barcelona will pay two five million euros and five million euros of variables, with a presentation planned for this week.
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Luis Suarez leaves Barcelona this summer and is about to go through italian citizenship control before a move-in proposal to Juventus, so the club’s attack will be restructured.
The 26-year-old has scored 11 goals in his last 18 games for the Dutch national team and also has the star attacker in Lyon, scoring 53 goals in 136 appearances.
Memphis his career at PSV Eindhoven, however, endured a difficult period at Manchester United for 18 months before moving to Lyon in January 2017.
Combining technical and physical expertise, Memphis has once again become one of the highest rated attacking players in Europe in his time in Ligue 1.
After recovering from a serious knee last season, Memphis helped Lyon qualify for the Champions League semi-finals last season.
It would be one of the priorities of the new Blaugrana chief, Ronald Koeman.