Depay's inch-perfect nutmeg wins Skill of the Day as Netherlands beat Ukraine

Despite neither scoring nor assisting, there were some positive things to note in Memphis Depay's performance against Ukraine.

In the first half, the Dutch forward picked the ball up in the central area and produced a magnificent run to the opposition goal, nutmegging a Ukraine defender on the go.

By the way, the Barca target won the Skill of the Day for that move.

The Netherlands won the game 3-2, one of the goals scored by Georginio Wijnaldum who almost joined Barca before snubbing them for PSG.

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There was some noise about Barcelona getting ready to announce Memphis Depay on Sunday - the Blaugrana intended to announce him before the Netherlands play their first Euro 2020 game against Ukraine.

However, a delay in negotiations and Depay's insistence on finishing the Euros before anything is signed ensured Barca have to wait for another week.

The club even put up the player's shirt for sale in its official store on Saturday but had to take it down.

Barcelona hope to announce Depay arrival next week (reliability: 5 stars)

Barcelona are optimistic in regard to the possible arrival of Memphis Depay and hope to announce his signing starting with Monday next week, the very reliable Fernando Polo of Mundo Deportivo reports. He would join us on a free transfer.

The negotiations are in their final stage, it's claimed, and the Catalans expect Depay to accept the offer. The decision to keep Ronald Koeman for another season has been key in convincing Memphis to choose Barca over Juventus, who are offering him a better deal.

Mundo Deportivo say that the 27-year-old told his lawyer to get the deal with Blaugrana done once news came out that Koeman, who is like a mentor to him, will continue at Camp Nou. Besides, Depay himself reportedly really wants to wear Barca's jersey.

Depay will sign a three-year contract, it's added. When Juventus tried to highjack the forward, Barca decided not to improve their wage offer but to propose a longer contract.