Manchester United smashed the British switch report once they accomplished the signing of Argentina’s Angel Di Maria on today in 2014.
The Pink Devils, in a rebuilding part following the departure of their massively profitable supervisor Sir Alex Ferguson the yr earlier than, paid £59.7million for the then 26-year-old.
Di Maria, introduced in by the membership’s new Dutch boss Louis van Gaal, arrived at United contemporary from serving to his outdated membership Actual Madrid seal their tenth European title the season earlier than.
Di Maria mentioned on the time of his signing: “I’m completely delighted to be becoming a member of Manchester United. I’ve totally loved my time in Spain and there have been plenty of golf equipment eager about me, however United is the one membership that I might have left Actual Madrid for.
“Louis van Gaal is a unbelievable coach with a confirmed observe report of success and I’m impressed by the imaginative and prescient and willpower everybody has to get this membership again to the highest – the place it belongs. I now simply can not wait to get began.”
Nonetheless, issues by no means actually clicked for Di Maria at Outdated Trafford on the pitch. He additionally endured a reasonably depressing day off it, after an tried housebreaking at his house in February 2015.
Lower than a yr later, he joined Paris St Germain, and informed the French media that he didn’t have an incredible relationship with Van Gaal.
Di Maria spent seven years at PSG earlier than becoming a member of Juventus in 2022.
Final yr was a particular one for him, as he performed and scored within the World Cup closing as Argentina beat France on penalties.
Earlier this summer season he rejoined Portuguese facet Benfica, his first European membership after leaving Rosario Central in 2007.