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title: "Liverpool ‘will try’ to sign Memphis Depay ahead of Barcelona"
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author: "Dan Clubbe"
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published: "2021-02-09T16:00:00Z"
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# Liverpool ‘will try’ to sign Memphis Depay ahead of Barcelona

[Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/02/09/ferdinand-believes-klopps-mask-has-slipped-due-to-lack-of-signings/) could attempt to sign Lyon forward [Memphis Depay](https://readliverpoolfc.com/2021/01/20/memphis-depay-houssem-aouar-transfer-comments-liverpool/) ahead of major competition in the summer in order to bolster their attacking options, according to a report from [Fichajes](https://www.fichajes.net/noticias/liverpool-une-puja-memphis-depay-20210207.html) (via [Sport Witness](https://sportwitness.co.uk/liverpool-will-try-beat-competition-sign-player-summer-wise-move/)).

After years of being the perennial nearly men in their regular tilts for the domestic title, last season the Reds banished [three decades’ worth of pain](https://www.fifa.com/news/world-champions-liverpool-end-30-year-wait#:~:text=Liverpool%20have%20won%20the%20Premier,lead%20over%20Pep%20Guardiola's%20City.) and lifted the Premier League trophy.

Large proportions of that success and the Champions League triumph a year previously was down to the front three of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane, who [between them netted 46](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liverpool-fc/leistungsdaten/verein/31/plus/0?reldata=GB1%262019) of Liverpool’s [85 goals in the league](https://www.premierleague.com/tables?co=1&se=274&ha=-1) last season.

However, this season there has been a [downturn in their collective productivity](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liverpool-fc/leistungsdaten/verein/31/plus/0?reldata=GB1%262020) and there could be reinforcements on the way in the summer, with Depay, who once had an [ill-fated stint with Manchester United](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-utd-news-memphis-depay-17267991), among the early contenders.

The 26-year-old Netherelands ace, who plays with Virgil van Dijk on the international stage, has [13 goals and six assists](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/memphis-depay/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/167850/saison/2020/wettbewerb/FR1/verein/1041) in 24 Ligue 1 matches this season.

Barcelona are also believed to be interested in Depay, whose [contract expires](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/memphis-depay/profil/spieler/167850) in June as Lyon look [powerless to stop him leaving](https://www.goal.com/en/news/depay-has-agreed-to-barcelona-move-and-could-leave-lyon/6zwumbn368xj1kqyu569tf5qs) France for nothing.

### READ LIVERPOOL VERDICT

Despite his struggles during his previous time on English shores, Depay has gone on to [reach the heights](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/memphis-depay/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/167850) of the early expectations which saw [comparisons made](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/soccer-transfers/story/2410486/memphis-depay-compared-to-cristiano-ronaldo-and-man-united-could-head-transfer-chase?device=featurephone) with Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo by Dutch compatriot Ronald de Boer.

Should Liverpool ensure Champions League qualification for next season, a race in which Jurgen Klopp’s side look to have [enveloped themselves uncomfortably](https://www.premierleague.com/tables), signing the Dutchman would be a major coup and could exponentially improve the [attacking options](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/first-team) that the Reds manager has at his disposal.

Players of Depay’s ability and record don’t often become available without a [major transfer fee attached](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/memphis-depay/marktwertverlauf/spieler/167850), so Klopp should be banging down any proverbial door to make this one happen.