Controversy followed Memphis in ‘Oranje’ for a photo and he defended himself

Memphis Depayfootball player Atlético de Madridis concentrated in Netherlands for the misunderstanding of the next two friendships of ‘Orange‘. The forward missed the final rosters due to injuries, so he is happy to be reunited with his teammates.

However, controversy followed him in his country, because of some photos and the supposed support he gave to a friend, in this case the player. Quincy promisedwho was recently convicted for his involvement in a drug-trafficking scheme, after being convicted of a stabbing.

Many of the questions he came up with were along these lines. And he defended himself. First, it was pointed out that it was a photo in which several friends, including Pogba and Promes himself, were seen on vacation. Without further ado, it has no intention.

And then, he knows firsthand what it feels like to come from a chaotic environment.

Memphis He has an absentee father and a brother who devotes himself to crime. When I was young I used to wander the streets. Football was, in a way, his salvation. He is now the first striker for the Dutch team, provided he is fit. At the rally with his country, some journalists wanted to ask him about this matter: “I think you want us to talk about it, but we won’t,” he said while signing autographs.

The Colchonero forward made reference to his biography Lion heart . “In my book you read that my brother was imprisoned for ten years, but they didn’t ask me about it.” As he explained, in dubai he met the former international Promiseslike his friendship Paul Pogba (suspension for doping) and with Benjamin Mendy and Daniel Alves involved in rape cases. Mendy was acquitted, Alves recently convicted. “If I have friends, I don’t just leave them. It doesn’t mean that everything that person does is good,” he commented.

A photo was taken with Promes on vacation, when he was still a suspect. “I didn’t see the danger, the picture wasn’t meant to be provocative. I also didn’t know everything about the friends I was going to eat with or party with. You don’t know the Quincy promised that i know. But I don’t avoid the question. I’m not perfect, you’re not perfect. I feel good about myself and I’m only in my thirties. “I’m happy to see my thirties and feel young,” he defended himself.

SLOWNESS IN THE DUTCH FEDERATION

The Dutch federation did not like the gesture in the photo. And this was communicated to him by the sports director, Nigel de Jong. “That always arouses aversion and criticism, you should stay away from such things as much as you can,” he commented a few days ago. The selector, Ronald Koeman, also destroyed the object. “I wouldn’t have done it,” he noted.