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The star of the Holland team and a Barcelona player, Memphis Depay is back in the big time

When Wayne Rooney recounted his favourite story about Memphis Depay's brief and unspectacular career at Manchester United, no-one was particularly surprised by it.

At fault for a goal in United's defeat at Stoke City on Boxing Day 2015 that left manager Louis van Gaal on the brink of quitting, Depay was hooked at half-time and told to report for a reserve-team game at Altrincham the next day.

'Look, it's a bit difficult,' Rooney told his teammate. 'Just don't come in with all your fancy stuff.

Memphis Depay is now the star of the Holland team, but he wasn't always seen that way

'He turned up for the reserve game in his Rolls Royce, wearing a leather jacket and a cowboy hat.