We have been speculating about it for months and now that Manchester United have released their squad numbers for the new season, soccersweep’s prediction has proved to be accurate.
Because, with the hugely disappointing Angel di Maria leaving the club this week, Memphis Depay has stepped into the breach to become the new number 7 for Manchester United.
Any Manchester United fan will tell you that this is a huge responsibility and one of the most famous jerseys in the world of football.
But we have an altogether more positive feeling about the new number 7 than the old one.
Depay has the world of football at his feet.
He’s lightning fast, strong as an ox and has magic in his boots.
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But, almost as importantly, he genuinely looks as if he is living the dream at Manchester United.
And, with so much natural confidence, there is little chance of the lad buckling under the weight of expectation at Manchester United.
Indeed, he thrives on the limelight.
Memphis showed glimpses of genius in preseason and Manchester United fans will hope that he can do it on a more regular basis as his career unfolds.
We would like to see his pace deployed out wide by LvG.
But, wherever the lad plays, he is bound to thrill.
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