Manchester United outcast Memphis Depay has told boss Jose Mourinho that he wants to leave Old Trafford, according to theSun.
Depay, who was signed for £25m last summer by then United boss Louis van Gaal, has fallen out of favour under the special one and now wants to move away from Manchester in the January transfer window.
Speaking about the player in his press conference, the Portuguese boss said that the reason he's not giving the Dutchman chances is because he wants to leave and he'd rather give opportunitiesto players who are committed.
"He was not playing last season. It was not that last season he was playing phenomenally and this season he is not playing at all. That's not the situation," Mourinho said.
I have to say that in the past couple of months my decisions in relation to Memphis were influenced by the feelings and information that he would like to leave in January and that we were going to have a real offer that we would be willing to accept.
That obviously influences me.If I know, if I have the feeling that a player is leaving - if I have to give chances and develop other players - then I go to Lingard, Mkhitaryan, Martial, the players I know 100 per cent who are going to stay with us. It is a position where we have more options.�