Former Manchester United attacker Memphis Depay says People would often tell me: ‘Why are you leaving Manchester United? A new coach will arrive soon and you are in the biggest club in the world.” What people wouldn’t realise was that I would have been a player wasting good years by staying at a big club and playing too little.

That makes me feel sad to waste my time trying to please someone who would not believe in me. There, I lost my joy, and my football. However, when I moved to Lyon, things changed. Here I found my love for football and further developed as a player. I found myself again.