Dutch star Memphis Depay, Corinthians' striker, continues to cause controversy in Brazilian media for various reasons. Depay stole the spotlight with a brilliant goal he scored a few days ago against Santos, which features the veteran Brazilian star Neymar. However, the Dutch player did not perform well in his team's match against Flamengo last Sunday and left the pitch after just 22 minutes due to his complaints of pain, asking to be substituted and then heading to the dressing room. But in the second half, Depay was seen having a phone conversation for several minutes on his mobile phone while sitting on the substitutes' bench until a member of the technical staff approached him and asked him to put his phone away. Depay explained his action in a post on his official account on social media platform X, saying: "I want to confirm that this call was with the Netherlands national team's medical staff, and I decided to be on the bench to support my teammates even though I could have stayed in the dressing room due to the injury." He added: "Of course, I'm frustrated with the result of the match, and we will continue to work to achieve better results in the coming period." Memphis Depay, 32, dreams of being included in the Netherlands' squad for the World Cup and is facing a lot of criticism for that, in addition to the controversy surrounding his huge annual salary of 13 million euros, while Corinthians, which is facing financial difficulties, owes the Dutch player about 5 million euros. A few days ago, Depay had stated: "I feel that many are working against Corinthians, because when someone with my qualities, temperament, and personality comes to Brazil, and the team starts to succeed and its fans talk about restoring glories and titles, which does not please some, I find that some talk about other things like contractual details, which people do not accept, and it is not possible to comment on them, as everything is open to everyone, except the truth sometimes."
