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Man Utd's £60M Di'maria Was Once Sold For "26 Footballs" by Nobody: 8:20am On Sep 01, 2014
If u think your current position is worse and that u can't make it again, I guess this little story will change your mind........



Manchester United’s £60 million winger Angel di Maria wasn't always worth millions in transfer fees.

Di Maria, 20 years ago, was once traded for 26 footballs by his junior club.

The Sunday Mirror says in 1992, doctors in the El Churrasco district of Rosario where the winger grew up advised his mother, Diana, to get four-year-old Angel involved in football to help control his hyperactivity.

She took him to El Torito – a junior club that wears orange shirts in tribute to Holland’s ‘Total Football’ World Cup squad of 1974.

After scoring 64 goals in one season, Di Maria was spotted by Rosario Central scout Angel Tulio Zof, who agreed to hand over 26 new footballs to El Torito as a thank-you.

He signed for Rosario four days before his seventh birthday and El Torito president Jorge Cornejo recalled: “We couldn’t ask for money for a kid of his age, so they agreed to send us 26 footballs.

"Unfortunately, they reneged on the deal and we received nothing in the end.”



<a href="http://m.tribalfootball.com/articles/4038247"> SOURCE </a>
Re: Man Utd's £60M Di'maria Was Once Sold For "26 Footballs" by RockMaxi: 3:24pm On Sep 01, 2014
mykelie4u: If u think your current position is worse and that u can't make it again, I guess this little story will change your mind........



Manchester United’s £60 million winger Angel di Maria wasn't always worth millions in transfer fees.

Di Maria, 20 years ago, was once traded for 26 footballs by his junior club.

The Sunday Mirror says in 1992, doctors in the El Churrasco district of Rosario where the winger grew up advised his mother, Diana, to get four-year-old Angel involved in football to help control his hyperactivity.

She took him to El Torito – a junior club that wears orange shirts in tribute to Holland’s ‘Total Football’ World Cup squad of 1974.

After scoring 64 goals in one season, Di Maria was spotted by Rosario Central scout Angel Tulio Zof, who agreed to hand over 26 new footballs to El Torito as a thank-you.

He signed for Rosario four days before his seventh birthday and El Torito president Jorge Cornejo recalled: “We couldn’t ask for money for a kid of his age, so they agreed to send us 26 footballs.

"Unfortunately, they reneged on the deal and we received nothing in the end.”



<a href="http://m.tribalfootball.com/articles/4038247"> SOURCE </a>

You have a good story but poorly organized. angry
Search the internet for Di Maria's pictures then and now and paste it. Some of your readers will find the article interesting.
Just an advice..
Re: Man Utd's £60M Di'maria Was Once Sold For "26 Footballs" by NIGERIALOLoCOM(m): 7:31pm On Sep 01, 2014
RockMaxi:

You have a good story but poorly organized. angry
Search the internet for Di Maria's pictures then and now and paste it. Some of your readers will find the article interesting.
Just an advice..

Yea bro!

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