WILL DEPAY BREAK THE NUMBER 7 CURSE?

                                                       

        Memphis Depay is a 22 year old Dutch Footballer signed by Coach Louis Van Gaal as a winger for Manchester United. Depay quickness and made him one of the most feared players for any defender to go up against in the Eredivisie. During the 2014-2015 Eredivisie Season, Depay bagged himself a total of 50 goals in a 124 matches played which helped PSV win the Eredivisie under coach Phillip Cocu. 

Depay's outstanding performance for PSV Eindhoven helped him the PFA young player of the year to cap off an outstanding season for PSV.  So, with all of Memphis Depays outstanding achievements listed on his resume, one has to wonder why Depay has been restricted to a mere 28 to 30 games at best for the past two seasons for Manchester United and has been unfortunately moved down the pecking order under young players from the Reserve team like Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford and even Joe Riley?    

           I think the unfair decision not to spread equal playing time between every player in the club is some of the reason why Memphis Depay has been strongly linked with a move away from Old Trafford this coming transfer window. Depay has been unfortunate enough to have a regular place on the bench for Manchester United for most of the games these past two seasons playing only 28 games out of the 62 games or so for Manchester United with Depay starting most of the games from the bench and limited to playing the last 10 to 15 minutes of Manchester United Matches. I have the uttermost respect for Louis Van Gaal and what he has accomplished as a Manager for Manchester United and for other clubs he had lead in the past but Personally I think if Luis Van Gaal does continue to be a successful  Manager in charge of Manchester United next season then he has to adopt the equal Game time Mentality. What do I mean by equal Game Time mentality? I mean come up with a match strategies that will make accommodations for each player to play at least once every two games. For example, if Martial starts a game then in the 65^th minute at most Martial gets taken off for Another player like Herrera or Memphis or Valencia. Then in the next game Herrera or Depay or Valencia starts the match and Martial comes of the bench and the cycle continues till the end of the season, this way each player gets to contribute and each player feels like he is a part of the team's long term plans. However, If one player is to start multiple games simultaneously then let the reason be injury to multiple players in the club. I seriously think that Depay and a few other Manchester United  players with loads of quality and potential might feel overlooked and probably start looking for options away from Old Trafford if they don't start seeing more game time wearing the Manchester United Jersey and believe me, the last thing Old Trafford fans would want will be to wake up with the News that a player Manchester United unfairly let go has become a sensation by helping his new club secure numerous titles and win games night in, night out.

               Finally, Trust me when I say I know how regretful it feels to see an ex-Manchester United player become a sensation after the player is released from Old Trafford as a result of lack of believe in the player from the Fans, the coaching staff and the Board members. With Paul Pogba, Zoran Tosic, Gerard Pique and Danny Drinkwater,...e.t.c, as just some sensational players Manchester United has Inexplicably let go in the past, The Red Devils should avoid the temptation of putting Memphis Depay into that list. Ander Herrera is also Another player Manchester United should seriously avoid putting in the list of quality Players whom were regretfully kicked out of Old Trafford but that’s a story for another day.