Memphis and His Personal Defense of Promes: ‘I’m Also Friends with Dani Alves…

The Prosecutor’s Office requests Alves’s sentence be increased to nine years in prison Atlético Madrid – Inter Milan | Memphis’s Goal Memphis Depay faced the press ahead of the upcoming matches for the Netherlands national team against Scotland and Germany. The forward, who played a key role for Atlético Madrid in securing a spot in the Champions League quarterfinals, was also in the spotlight of Dutch news, albeit more for his responses to journalists.

The Atletico striker was asked about his Instagram photo with Quincy Promes after the former Sevilla and Netherlands footballer was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for cocaine smuggling and stabbing a family member. “That post wasn’t meant to provoke or show off ‘look: I’m here with Quincy’. We’re footballers and we post a lot of content. At least I do. It was just a vacation photo, I didn’t see any harm in it.”

The press persisted on Promes’s guilt, but Memphis stood firm. “I don’t know the Quincy you’re describing. I come from a tough situation. I have a brother who was imprisoned for ten years. Quincy is a famous person, but my brother isn’t. However, I never get asked about my brother. I’m also friends with Dani Alves and Benjamin Mendy. I’ve never been asked about that before,” he concluded.

KOEMAN DISAPPROVES Ronald Koeman, the national team coach, discussed the case in a press conference. “That provokes aversion and criticism. I think you should keep that away from you as much as you can. They are friends, and it’s possible he may do it, but it’s a delicate matter, of course. I haven’t spoken to him about it, but I wouldn’t do the same.”