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Former Manchester United star Memphis Depay has defended his now-deleted tweet eyeing up a ball girl at the Madrid Open final, insisting the girl in question was 'in her 20s' and telling a journalist to 'factcheck your s***'.
Depay, who played for the Red Devils for just over a year after joining them in 2015 before moving to Lyon, currently features for LaLiga team Atletico Madrid and had been in attendance at the tennis event in the Spanish capital.
After sitting in the stands to watch Andrey Rublev beat Felix Auger-Aliassime in three sets on Sunday, Depay came under fire for a post on social media where he said he was 'distracted' by a ball girl, asking to be sent her Instagram account and saying he wanted to have 'dinner on the moon' with her.
The tweet, which has now been removed, was picked up by a journalist who said it was 'not a great day' for the Dutchman after his controversial post, coupled with reports from Spanish outlet AS that his club Atletico want to sell him.
The initial post included a photo of the ball girl in question from his view in the spectator seats, saying: 'Someone distracted me from the game... to be honest.
Memphis Depay has stood by a controversial post where he appeared to eye up a ball girl at the Madrid Open final this weekend
'Someone [send] me her IGGGG. Let's have dinner on the moon.'
A journalist called Zach Lowy screenshotted Depay's post and said: 'Not a great day for Memphis Depay. First, AS reports that Atlético Madrid are looking to part ways with him this summer, and then, he posts and deletes a tweet about a ball girl in the Madrid Open Final. The 30-year-old’s contract is set to expire in June 2025.'
Depay responded the following morning, claiming the girl was a model who was in her 20s and that he had obtained her phone number.
He also hit out at the journalist for 'spreading these narratives', telling him to 'factcheck your s***' - and dismissing talk around his future beyond Atletico.
'My day was fabulous zachi,' he said. 'Watched the final and got her number in my phone too. That so called ball girl is
