Lyon agrees terms with Manchester United for Depay
President Jean-Michel Aulas claims Lyon has an agreement "in principle" to bring in Manchester United outcast Memphis Depay.
It was reported on Wednesday that Netherlands international winger Depay had sealed a switch to the Ligue 1 club, ending a nightmare spell at Old Trafford.
Aulas told L'Equipe this was the case, with the finer details to be hammered out, while suggesting the numbers involved could be in excess of those being widely speculated – namely a transfer fee that could eventually rise to $35.3 million.
"I got an agreement in principle early in the afternoon with Manchester United that remains to be detailed but on a basis higher than the circulating information," Aulas said.
Depay inspired PSV to the Eredivisie title in 2014-2015, but did not maintain his stellar form under his former national-team boss Louis van Gaal at United last season, scoring twice in 29 Premier League appearances.
The 22-year-old has almost entirely fallen out of the first-team picture with Jose Mourinho at the helm this time around.
His solitary start came against Northampton Town in the EFL Cup and the last of four brief substitute cameos in the Premier League came in the 0-0 draw versus Burnley in October.
Bruno Genesio, Lyon's head coach, last week labelled Depay as his club's priority transfer target for the January window, while Mourinho said United was waiting for a "reasonable" bid that now appears to have arrived.