Lyon star Memphis Depay says former manager Jose Mourinho told him he hoped to buy him back when he left Manchester United in January 2017—provided he fulfilled his prediction to become one of world football's elite.
Mourinho sold the Netherlands forward to Lyon eight months after the tactician arrived at Old Trafford, and Depay told The Times (h/t Jack Otway of the Daily Express) of a parting declaration he made to the Red Devils chief.
Depay said: “When I left, I said to Mourinho ‘you will see me at the top'.