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Lyon sign Depay

Sat Jan 21, 2017 12:00 AM
Last update on: Sat Feb 4, 2017 03:32 PM

Reuters, Paris

Sat Jan 21, 2017 12:00 AM Last update on: Sat Feb 4, 2017 03:32 PM

Lyon's football club new Dutch forward Memphis Depay (L) listens as Lyon's French president Jean-Michel Aulas speaks during a press conference on January 20, 2017 at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon, eastern France. Photo: AFP

Olympique Lyonnais have signed Dutch winger Memphis Depay from Manchester United on a four and a half year contract, the French Ligue 1 club said on Friday.

Lyon paid 16 million euros ($17 million) for the 22-year-old Netherlands international.

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Memphis scored seven goals in 53 appearances for United after moving from PSV Eindhoven for 25 million pounds ($30 million) in May, 2015 but he has played only eight minutes since the end of October.

"He was a fantastic professional," United manager Jose Mourinho told a news conference. "If someone thinks it didn't work because he wasn't a great professional, that's totally wrong."

Memphis was the leading scorer in the Dutch top flight in 2014-15 and was signed by former United manager Louis van Gaal.

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