DUTCH FORWARD DEPAY, HAS JOINED ATLETICO MADRID FROM BARCELONA.

Atletico Madrid has signed Memphis Depay from La Liga rival Barcelona on a two-and-a-half-year contract, the two clubs announced on Friday.

With Barcelona’s permission, the 28-year-old took part in a training session with the Madrid club on Thursday.

He will provide Atletico with more options up front following the loan transfer of Portugal forward Joao Felix to Chelsea earlier this month.

Barcelona said in a statement that it will be paid “three million euros ($3.25 million) plus one million in variables.”

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Depay, who previously played for PSV Eindhoven and Manchester United, joined Barcelona on a two-year free transfer from Olympique Lyonnais in July 2021.

He scored 14 goals in 42 games for Barcelona, but fell out of favor with manager Xavi Hernandez after the club signed Poland striker Robert Lewandowski last year.

Depay has been capped 86 times since his debut in 2013, scoring 43 goals, seven fewer than the Netherlands’ all-time leading scorer, Robin van Persie.

Depay appeared in last year’s World Cup in Qatar, scoring one goal as the Netherlands advanced to the quarter-finals before losing on penalties to eventual champions Argentina.