Memphis Depay Defends His Choice of Hat, Refuses to Blame Form on Headwear

Dutch international Memphis Depay sure is an easy target right now.

The Manchester United winger has come under scrutiny after a run of poor form for both club and country, and some fans have attributed his bad performances in Holland's recent Euro 2016 qualifiers against Iceland and Turkey to his choice of hat.

No, seriously.

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Memphis Depay Jumps to Defence of His Hat https://t.co/Tmhtj7iAEf pic.twitter.com/A8Xrdt1u87

— talkingbaws (@talkingbaws) November 10, 2015"

Depay has been forced to defend his choice of headwear, saying, "It's just a hat and I like it" in an interview with Dutch television station NOS (via Talking Baws):

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People say that when you wear a hat etc you’re walking next to your shoes but I know it’s not true. They don’t know what I’m doing to try to come back to my best again and they only see a guy arriving at the national team wearing a hat and that’s it.

What will change if I don’t wear my hat? People will still talk.

I also don’t tell other people what they should wear or not. People should wear whatever they want. Enough people wear a hat so I think people are over-exaggerating a lot but the critics about me wearing a hat doesn’t get to me.

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We're thinking the hat might be a metaphor.

[Talking Baws]