Don't think it matters. Looks like he would go anywhere but the UK.
Ángel Di María | Transferred to PSG
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Don't think it matters. Looks like he would go anywhere but the UK.
I keep reading that the main reason for him wanting to leave was an attempted break-in at his house.
When you consider the number of break-ins there have been at the houses of Manchester/Liverpool players in the last few years it's a wonder all the North West's best players have not left the area. They haven't though, they've stayed. Perhaps a house move would have been more sensible than a club move.
When you consider the number of break-ins there have been at the houses of Manchester/Liverpool players in the last few years it's a wonder all the North West's best players have not left the area. They haven't though, they've stayed. Perhaps a house move would have been more sensible than a club move.
It probably would appear as such after an actual house break in, in Manchester. Can't blame him for wanting to move his family elsewhere.
It's not just the burglary. It's the demands of the league, being unable to settle, the weather, the food, probably being told he's not a guaranteed starter. The burglary is the main reason, but not the sole one.
Regardless, we move on and look forward to what looks to be a very promising season.
Kind of surprised Bayern aren't in for him.
Or that he wouldn't rather go there than PSG.
I dont really get why anyone of his quality would want to go to PSG if they had an offer from a competitive league.
Or that he wouldn't rather go there than PSG.
I dont really get why anyone of his quality would want to go to PSG if they had an offer from a competitive league.
As long as we don't sign any more wimps.
I doubt that Bayern would pay him as much and probably not that transfer fee either.
Has Dobby been spotted yet?
This is what happens when you give him a sock.
This is what happens when you give him a sock.
He's a spineless cnut that probably always would have prefered PSG . The burglary was unsettling no doubt but it just seems like an excuse . He hasn't even got the bottle to face his team mates and manager . The sooner he fecks off the better .
Maybe someone can explain it to me but how could food be a problem ? Someone as rich as him can hire a chef who specializes in the dishes he loves, he could also have someone order special ingredients from any place in the world to eat whatever he wants or find any other solution.
feck sake Randall
At least Ashley Young is on the verge of a new contract.
Happy days indeed.
PSG are his boyhood club. He had a dream to play for them etc
We shouldn't be afraid to say that he simply wasn't good enough for us or for this league.
At the start of the year the opponents stood off him because it was wow! Di Maria! Soon as they started putting him under pressure he crumbled. He didn't have Ronaldo and Bale running interference to create space for him, nor was his work rate unique as it was in Spain.
That's what he was known for. Putting in the same work rate in he 80th minute as he did in the 8th. Yet that isn't such a strength in England since most midfielders he faced all worked hard.
Soon as he faced that same pressure he crumbled.
So far he's only performed for that 6 month spell at Madrid. That's it. It's not as if were losing Iniesta here with years and years of proven excellence that we mis managed. It's like us bidding 60m for Turan or Carzola and wondering why it didn't work out.
Goodbye Angel, you're taking the easy way out and you won't be missed. Yet to do it in a Messi / Ronaldo less team. I can see why
At the start of the year the opponents stood off him because it was wow! Di Maria! Soon as they started putting him under pressure he crumbled. He didn't have Ronaldo and Bale running interference to create space for him, nor was his work rate unique as it was in Spain.
That's what he was known for. Putting in the same work rate in he 80th minute as he did in the 8th. Yet that isn't such a strength in England since most midfielders he faced all worked hard.
Soon as he faced that same pressure he crumbled.
So far he's only performed for that 6 month spell at Madrid. That's it. It's not as if were losing Iniesta here with years and years of proven excellence that we mis managed. It's like us bidding 60m for Turan or Carzola and wondering why it didn't work out.
Goodbye Angel, you're taking the easy way out and you won't be missed. Yet to do it in a Messi / Ronaldo less team. I can see why
I think he's just unhappy, simple as that. If you're unhappy, then you do what's best for you and your family. We don't know to what extent he was unhappy, he could have been seriously depressed with life, here. It could have been his wife who wasn't enjoying her time here. He's making a life choice for the best of his family, no point in you and others constantly berating him.
I think the biggest reason Di Maria wants to leave is because of playing time and he will be an automatic starter at PSG. Here you're always playing with a piano hanging above your head (unless you're Wayne Rooney) and a few bad games you're on the bench and it becomes a vicious cycle as far as playing time is concerned. We can tell him to grow a pair and fight for his place, but top players and he'd see himself as one aren't going to tolerate sitting on the bench. Players have left the dream clubs of Madrid and Barcelona because of playing time. If we're going to blast him for this, then we shouldn't sign Pedro whose leaving Barcelona for the same reason Di Maria is.
His own comments suggested he was happy to return and I have a hunch he was seeking assurances and we never gave it to him. It should've been a new season and clean slate for him and we should've planned to have him be an important part of our starting XI. We're having issues in attack and we're selling one of the few players in our squad whose capable of producing something special. It's maddening because I think we could've easily got him to stay.
His own comments suggested he was happy to return and I have a hunch he was seeking assurances and we never gave it to him. It should've been a new season and clean slate for him and we should've planned to have him be an important part of our starting XI. We're having issues in attack and we're selling one of the few players in our squad whose capable of producing something special. It's maddening because I think we could've easily got him to stay.
Are you Di Maria's mum? Every player seems to have one. Or something.
I'm his uncle, actually.
Nah, his mum. We had Tevez's Mum. No idea what happened to him or her, was a bit odd quite frankly.
Has anyone used the e word yet?
You can be his mum, I insist. Ill stick to being his uncle.
Be glad to see the back of him, he never wanted to come here and has wanted out for a while, it will be better once it has been resolved so everyone can move on. We won't miss him, he is a 25-30m player who we panicked into paying a fortune for, he is not one of the top players in the world despite what a lot of fans think, he is and always will be hit and miss.
He is also lightweight and was known for going down too easily in Spain so adapting to the premier league was always going to be tough for him and he was never going to live up to the price tag.
He is also lightweight and was known for going down too easily in Spain so adapting to the premier league was always going to be tough for him and he was never going to live up to the price tag.
We have Ronaldo's mum too.
Comes across as a massive dickhead
Spot on Spoony.
£44M is a good deal for us considering the circumstances. I want him gone as soon as possible so we have one less distraction to deal with.
Then once DeGea goes (this or next season), I hope never to see another Mendes player at the club.
I hope this doesn't set a precedent for things to come, w.r.t to how South American and Latin players and their families perceive life in Manchester and the culture at United.
Manchester United probably are the club they are today because of it's roots, but location is probably something that will hold back the club when it comes to players these days. Or am I totally off the mark here?
Then again there is the mess that is Milan/Inter and probably all of Italian football.
Manchester United probably are the club they are today because of it's roots, but location is probably something that will hold back the club when it comes to players these days. Or am I totally off the mark here?
Then again there is the mess that is Milan/Inter and probably all of Italian football.
I think ADM represents a big risk on investment right now which only a club like Psg would be willing to take (just like us last season). No doubt about his quality but he is 27+ with a game highly dependent on pace and has had two hamstring injuries in the last 1 year. Again just like us Pep plays a possession based system and unlike Robben ADM isn't a goalscorer. I think he will do well at Psg but it isn't really hard to do well there.
I think he has been cowardly. The red card vs Arsenal, the tap in this last game of the season and coming off immediately. Sympathise with the struggles, but as people said at least put a shift in.
Gutted he's going, but seems for the best.
Gutted he's going, but seems for the best.
Again, LVG is too honest with the press and it puts the club in a difficult position. Why fuel the fire?
Bad man management once more after already handling the De gea situation poorly, along with Falcao, RVP, Rafael and Valdes as well.
Bad man management once more after already handling the De gea situation poorly, along with Falcao, RVP, Rafael and Valdes as well.
You may well be right but i'd still have expected him to knuckle down a lot more than he has. The break in thing I can understand moving house but not moving away unless he feels for some reason it is him being targeted. It's like him trying to say break ins don't happen in Paris? I've been to Paris it's an absolute shit hole. And as sad is it is too say if it's security he is worried about perhaps Paris isn't the place to be based also on the spate of terrorist related incidents.
I disagree. If he and his family weren't excited about coming to England in the first place, and then narrowly avoid a break in while they are at home with their child, that would be more than enough to reaffirm their desire to be there in the first place, especially if AdM's services are wanted elsewhere.
Paris is the most dangerous city in Western Europe at present.
Yep I think you're right Raoul. It's a shame it's played out this way but we are a big enough club to move on and are doing so. Di Maria also has enough reputation to get a good offer elsewhere where he feels him and his family would be happier. Sometimes transfers just don't work out, no point dwelling too much.
It's definitely no safer but these things often come down to personal experience rather than analysing the stats. If you have a really shit holiday somewhere chances are you won't go again anytime soon even if the thing that ruined it was just pure bad luck or coincidence.
Which possibly makes our decision to sign him even more questionable. We might just have spent 60 million on a player whose heart wasn't fully into playing for us. Luckily were getting mow for it back but it reflects poorly on the management.
True. Paris was the only place I've ever mugged.
The way he has behaved is an absolute disgrace, glad he is out of the club - guy has absolutely no bottle and will always be a support act for other players.
Would you boo him if we played PSG in the CL this year?
Would you boo him if we played PSG in the CL this year?
If you already had an inch of hesitation and then a calamity such as a burglary takes place you can pretty fast make a decision as he has probably made. Just that extra push that was vital.
Real really feck us over the way they want. I still don't get how someone can defend this dickhead. What a waste of money.
it was a terrible thing to happen to him, but he's not some poor jobless kid stuck at the top of a notorious council estate scared for his life.
he could very easily move to the best part of the area, employ crack teams of security guards, build a fort/top notch security at a price he wouldn't even notice. that's when it becomes a more flimsy reason.
sooner this mess is sorted the better, it's become a tedious saga
my main sinking feeling was pretty early on, when I suddenly thought, this guy loses the ball a heck of a lot.
I remember hearing that he moved into the Beetham Tower after the break in.
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