Manchester United Player Tells Mourinho He Wants To Leave Old Trafford

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Despite inheriting the iconic number 7 shirt at Old Trafford, last season, Memphis Depay has failed to live up to the lofty expectations placed upon him after his £25m move from PSV Eindhoven and now, his time as a United player looks to be coming to an end.

The Dutch winger has told Jose Mourinho he wants to leave United after being reduced to a bit part role under the Portuguese manager since his arrival in the Summer.

Memphis Depay celebrated

The Dutchman made a promising start to life at Old Trafford. (Image: PA)

Speaking at a press conference ahead of United's home game with Middlesbrough, Mourinho told the reporters that Memphis had expressed his wishes to pursue first team football elsewhere.

"In the past couple of months, my decisions in relation to Memphis were influenced by the feelings and information that he would like to leave in January and that we were going to have a real offer that we would be willing to accept. That obviously influences me. We had this conversation with a few players and we left things very, very clear. If I know, if I have the feeling that a player is leaving, I have to give chances to and develop other players.

"So then I go to [Jesse] Lingard, [Henrikh] Mkhitaryan, [Anthony] Martial, the players I know 100 percent are going to stay with us. And it is also a position where we have more options. Memphis was not playing last season. It was not that last season he was playing phenomenally and now this season he is not playing at all. That's not the situation."

Memphis has played just 20 minutes of Premier League football, this season and hasn't appeared for United at all since his substitute appearance against Feyenoord in the Europa League over a month ago.

Memphis Depay on the bench

Benchwarmer: Memphis has played just 20 minutes of Premier League football, this season. (Image: PA)

It is believed Everton are interested in securing the services of the 22-year-old during the upcoming January transfer window.

(H/T 101 Great Goals)

Topics: Jose Mourinho, Football, Manchester United, Memphis Depay, Premier League

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