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Friday, July 4, 2014

Memphis Depay: The Dutch Raheem Sterling

If you haven't been impressed with 20-year-old Dutch attacking midfielder, Memphis Depay, at the World Cup, than there's plenty more to drool over.  First off, one of my favorite sites, StatsBomb, wrote an excellent article about how he may be a great replacement for Suarez.  Here's his stats from last season at PSV compared to some of our players and one soon-to-be former player:

DepaySterlingCoutinhoLallanaSuarez
age2019222627
app (sub)3224(9)28(5)37(1)33
mins26942220232330822962
goals1295931
assists857612
chances8651646887
npg900.370.360.190.260.94
gcp900.670.570.470.441.3
ccp902.882.062.51.92.6
ap900.270.20.270.210.37
ccv9.49.710.811.114.2
pass %77.581.780.684.674.8
bp %44.146.836.750.344.1
sacc %48.448.928.741.444.8
shot %9.12071817.1
TTI9011.612.11113.917

The thing that stands out most is his chances created per 90, he is the best of the bunch, even better than Suarez.  Speaking of 'El Conejo Loco', Depay comes second only to him in non-penalty goals per 90, goals created per 90, and assists per 90.  Only Coutinho keeps better care of the ball, but not by much.



For some reason he's only valued at £4.4m at http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk. I'm sure that was pre-World Cup, because it would be idiotic for PSV to let him go for less than £15m.  Though unlike Lallana, I wouldn't mind spending upwards of £27m for him.

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