Memphis Depay failed to shine during his time at Manchester United.The Dutch winger made the £31 million move to United in 2015 off the back of a mightily impressive season with PSV.But he couldn't live up to expectations as he lasted just one and a half seasons with the club before leaving for Lyon.Depay has since had success with the French club, with his 19 goals in the league last season firing them to the Champions League.Their first game will see them face Manchester City - meaning Depay will be back in Manchester for the first time since departing in 2017.The 24-year-old held a press conference on Tuesday a day before the game where he spoke of numerous topics."It is something special coming back to Manchester," he said, per BBC journalist Simon Stone.And he added that his time was 'difficult' after losing connection with Louis Van Gaal."It would be easy for me to say LVG gave me no freedom. Once you lose connection with the coach it gets difficult. United have a lot of attacking players. That is what they stand for."Depay's performances in recent times have caught the eyes of United fans.Jose Mourinho inserted on inserting a buy-back clause when he left and, after his comments about Man City ahead of their clash, many want him to return.And his reputation with fans went up even further when he admitted Manchester 'is still red' ahead of the game."Everybody knows the story of me and Manchester United was not successful but I'm just happy that I'm the player I am today," he said. "The city is still red & we will try to get a good result against the Blues."Man City have overtaken United in recent years but Depay is still adamant the Reds are the biggest club in Manchester.And United fans absolutely loved the comment.

Wayne Rooney told a story about Depay earlier this week where he questioned his decision to turn up to a under 23's game in a Rolls-Royce, leather jacket and a cowboy hat, but the Dutch winger has assured he has matured since.

"Me and Wayne are very good friends," he said, per the Metro. "Of course he is a legend and when I heard about it I was just questioning – I don’t have a red leather jacket out of my thousand leather jackets.

"I understand what he meant with it and that’s it. It doesn’t need to be brought up again. Still, it is.

"It’s in the past and I’m a flamboyant guy and like nice stuff but that doesn’t mean I couldn’t be more smart. I’ve become more mature.

"Other than that, sometimes we take things too seriously and you should laugh about a joke and keep going.

"I’m sure he is happy with how I turn up now and the football player I am. I’ve been gaining more quality and feel very strong. It’s all good."