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Angel Di Maria: Man Utd must pay British record fee for Argentine

By Simon Stone

BBC Sport

Manchester United will have to pay a British record transfer fee to sign winger Angel Di Maria from Real Madrid.

Real coach Carlo Ancelotti revealed Di Maria, 26, said goodbye to his team-mates ahead of an impending move.

United have been quoted £75m for the Argentine, though they do not expect the final figure to be so high.

However, senior club sources say the fee will "definitely" eclipse the £50m Chelsea paid Liverpool for striker Fernando Torres in 2011.

The Red Devils last broke the British transfer record when they paid Leeds £29.1m for Rio Ferdinand in 2002.

"Di Maria has not trained with us today and he came in to say goodbye to the players and people at the club," said Ancelotti on Sunday.

Biggest transfer fees paid by a British club

Liverpool to Chelsea

2011

Fernando Torres

£50m

Atletico Madrid to Manchester City

2011

Sergio Aguero

£38m

Chelsea to Manchester United

2014

Juan Mata

£37.1m

Real Madrid to Manchester City

2008

Robinho

£32.5m

"There is nothing official yet but it is being sorted out. The decision is his and the club has done what it could to keep him here."

United boss Louis van Gaal is a known admirer of Di Maria, who would become the club's fourth summer signing.

The Old Trafford club have already bought left-back Luke Shaw, midfielder Ander Herrera and Di Maria's Argentina team-mate Marcos Rojo for a combined £72m.

Di Maria was named on the 10-man shortlist for the Fifa player of the tournament at this summer's World Cup, though he injured a thigh in the quarter-final win over Belgium.

He joined Real from Benfica for £36m in 2010, and won La Liga in 2012 and the Champions League last season.

"Personally I don't like it," said former Real president Ramon Calderon. "Normally a club who owns the very good players don't like to sell them."

coogar: i would rather spend £60m on vidal than spend £35m on di maria. this is the equivalent of a homeless man under the bridge spending all his money on a blackberry porsche!

our biggest need now is a world class central midfielder that can dictate the pace from the middle & carry us forward. vidal is the missing link. de jong is clumsy, a fat version of tiote. i'd rather alex song than de jong.

Vidal deal is still on with reports that United are about to make a final bid of £32m+one player. Di Maria doesn't affect the midfield problem. They are two separate issues.

My view on Di Maria is that his shirt sale will immediately recoup most of the money spent on him, particularly as it's the iconic number 7 shirt which has been idle for a while now.

Dadehmola: So Woodward now determines the players we should buy and the positions we should strengthen?


I guess you also belong to the "LVG can never be wrong" crew.

If we didn't buy players, Woodward has failed, so they said. If we bought against all odds, he is senseless. You can never satisfy people.

SailorXY: you need to make a little research about van Gaal & his records with youth players first

& in case you are just trying to make a case for Moyesi, then you are not a Manchester United fan

Who doesn't know of his history? We are talking of now. In Man United.

LvG inherited RVP, Mata, Fellaini, Zaha, Kagawa. He bought Shaw, Herrera and Rojo. We might get two more (big) signings. Yet we fans aren't to judge him his season. He keeps telling us about youth development whereas it'sa clear players like Blackett, Lingard, Kean are just there........ for show.

igbsam: And Nani's woes continue.

The people wey dey follow this guy from his village strong o!

His First Match on loan to sporting lisbon

Manchester United winger Nani, 27, had a return to forget for Sporting Lisbon as he missed a penalty, got yellow carded and was substituted in the first game of his loan spell back at the Portuguese club.

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/man-uniteds-nani-misses-penalty-on-sporting-lisbon-return-video/

This guy needs deliverance.

It looks to me that SAF backroom staff killed many of our players. They neglected so many of them. How did Anderson become suddenly fat? Our players weren't recovery well from injury, only the regulars and players like Rafael who do extra training remained fit.

Odunharry: Manchester City to ruin Manchester
United’s summer with late bid for£64m Angel Di Maria

If this should happen, I won't watch our matches again.


Premier League - Van Gaal: It will be 'miracle' if United win the title

Eurosport - Sun, 24 Aug 2014 08:26 BST

'I SHOULD BE JUDGED IN MY SECOND SEASON'


http://m.yahoo.com/w/yeurosport/story?typ=event&tid=&sid=9935f16c5573d889caff57007ad31eb4&lid=&guid=news%2Fpremier-league-van-gaal-will-miracle-united-win-072650939--sow&pic=media.zenfs.com%2Fen_GB%2FSports%2FEurosport%2F1289950-27791824-2560-1440.jpg&.ts=1408872690&.intl=GB&.lang=en-gb

Angel Di Maria’s agent is flying to England to finalise the winger’s £56million move to Manchester United.

And now Spanish journalist Guillem Balague says the transfer is very close to being finalised, with Di Maria’s agent Jorge Mendes flying to Manchester to finalise the switch.

He says that the deal will go through in the coming days and comes after the Argentine international handed in a formal transfer request.

Di Maria has already been promised the number seven shirt at Old Trafford with only personal terms now left to be thrashed out.

[Source: Daily Mail, Metro, @GuillemBalague, Skysports]

Fans side on facebook.


Manchester United are on the verge of signing Angel Di Maria and he will wear the #7 shirt!



* Anyone with same story?

coogar: and that makes all of them passengers. when robben left madrid, which madrid's attacking player can you say robben was better than?

ibrahimovic was a surplus to requirement at barca. they didn't even need to buy him then, it was like united buying berbatov when we had rooney, tevez & ronaldo.

I was just letting you know that a player who isn't a regular in one team could go to another and become a ballon d'or candidate. Di Maria is not even having a bad time at Madrid as compared to the two examples I gave.

coogar: he was their 4th best player - sergio ramos had a better season than di maria. then again, if di maria is that valuable, why is he being ushered out of the club?

4th best is not a passenger.

Ibrahimovic, Robben, are some of the players who have been ushered out in clubs.

How can Di Maria be a passenger when he was their 3rd best player last season?

chrisley024: 200k and I'm there

Good citizen. But if you no die, you go home with N6m monthly.

Who is looking for a lucrative job?







Big salary








Yes, it's for real.


















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Ukwu!!!

chrisley024: Goodison park!

Interesting.

* It looks like United don't want to pay too much for Vidal. I think the club considers his fee as too high.

* Di Maria rumoured to have told Rojo he wants to join Man United.

Hope we won't sell Welbeck for less than £20m. We also have to learn to make money off our players.

Welbeck might be asking to leave because United is no helping him to grow into a good centre forward due to the competition there. He was the better player between he and Sturridge, but Sturridge was given full opportunity to make all his mistakes at LIverpool and develop into a complete centre forward.

ChristineC: I like that Dike chic tho I didn't see their last game. I saw the second group game and I know Dike and Sunday <something: the very tall chic> will be stars
Congratulations to them all #bringbackthecup

Yea. Dike and Sunday are both number 9. One starts, the other ends it. They are two different kind of strikers, Sunday has speed but little football intelligence. Although her intelligence is enough to help her score goals. Dike has plenty football sense, knows how to drift away from her marker to create space for her self, she can dribble and knows how to escape her markers with good football sense. If only Dike's intelligence could be added to complement Sunday's speed. Although Sunday is better now, two years ago all she got what just speed along the right flank.

But the total package is Oshoala. You didn't notice her in their second game because she was in defensive midfield, but someone with microscopic views like me had noticed her even in that midfield role from the very first match.

I hope they can hold their own against the Germans. Four years ago I saw the Germans overpower a very good Falconets side in the final. If Oshola can have a good game, then we stand a chance.

lekkie073: if real Madrid venture sell di maria, e don be for dem be DAT........his absence today said a lot

That's what people don't understand. His work rate and ability to carry the ball single handedly from midfield to attack is unique. He doesn't stay quiet in a match and he causes so much trouble and confusion to opponents. You may tame Ronaldo, but you will hardly tame Di Maria- particularly in big games. His goals and assist sta might not be very high, but he is the real deal. I wonder what we are waiting for. If he were in the world cup final, things wouldn't have been easy for Germany at all.

Last week, Chicharito's agent said there will be news soon about Chicha's transfer. He might actually be in the swap plan.....

'I have no news at the moment on an exchange, I haven't spoken to anyone in England, but there will be news soon.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2724232/Javier-Hernandez-swap-deal-bring-Arturo-Vidal-Manchester-United-revealed-soon-says-Chicharito-s-agent.html

RuuDie: I hope this is just rumour.
Assuming this deal doesn't get through - I wonder how Hernandez will feel. UTD have just not given this young man a chance!

I don't think Hernadez will survive this transfer saga. It doesn't look he has impressed Gaal. He is clearly the 4th choice striker.

3.32pm⁠Van Gaal starts by addressing the fans' response to last week's defeat. He tells reporters: "Two weeks ago I was the king of Manchester. Now I am the devil. I was not hired to be fired, but to build up a team, and that is a process that needs time."




3.34pm⁠Van Gaal turns his attention to new signings Marcos Rojo. He reveals that he was "enchanted" by the defender at the World Cup, while saying: "I think Marcos fits in the profile as a left central defender. Also a left wing-back."




3.37pm⁠Danny Welbeck is among those that have been linked with the exit at Old Trafford. However, the manager insists that the reports are just guesswork: "I know what I said to Danny Welbeck and he knows exactly what I said. I think the media is guessing. I can imagine the fans are scared. They saw last year and the first home match. They have to believe."




3.39pm⁠The Old Trafford boss is asked about calls by some fans for the club to bring in more players, to which he responds: "The fans can think like that but it's not easy trying to buy and sell in the football market."




3.43pm⁠Van Gaal turns hi attention back to speculation regarding players leaving the club. He reiterates: "I think the media is guessing, they were not in the room and I don't speak about that because that's private."




3.48pm⁠Once again, it's another brief but entertaining press conference from Van Gaal. The manager hasn't given any injury updates or squad news, so that will surely be still to come over the weekend. Man Utd were without nine players last weekend, but Van Gaal will be hoping to have at least some of those back.

'I haven't talked to him yet. He lost the first game so I'm giving him some time and I'll wait to see if he does any better on Sunday. But if he doesn't I'll probably need to give him a call.'

Usain Bolt on Gaal

Saw this on fb fans section.

Brilliant just brilliant! Rojo can't play on Sunday as his work permit isnt cleared and Herrera is injured.

Are you guys beginning to lose confidence in LvG? This is sounding funny. After all the praises he got since the time rumours linked him to Man United.

Next week will be rough.
..........


El Mercurio are saying that United's offer of £32m + Hernández wasn't 'satisfying' enough for Juventus. It also says that Vidal has a verbal agreement with United, but LvG has slowed the transfer down because of his knee.

Most importantly it says that this weekend is crucial if it the transfer is to happen, as LvG will inspect Vidal's fitness when Juventus play Verona on saturday.

[Source: El Mercurio]

RuuDie: UTD is a BIG TEAM no doubt - but it wasn't buying BIG PLAYERS every other transfer window that made UTD big - it was making BIG TEAMS from largely AVERAGE players that made UTD big. At best, a couple of big-name players (stars if you like) mixed with a handful of honest, hard-working 'commoners' that was UTD.
Chadwick, Saha, Johnsen, Oshea, Silvestre, Brown, Fortune, Djemba-Djemba, Butt - c'mon these folks played for UTD and won stuff - hardly the very best in the world if you ask me!

This was probably the singular, most influential factor in the selection of Moyes. But from the off, we were never going to have it "The Moyes Way". All the talk was about "Moyes' small club mentality", "UTD is a BIG-TEAM" and "Baines, Mirallas, Coleman, Pienaar etc is not UTD standard" rants... and so on!
He went after those guys as a result of the associated pressure; from fans and media alike. I hardly think he'd have gone for a Fab or Kroos - when there are cheap, decent options littered everywhere from Sarajevo to Mogadishu!

Pls we need quality players if we are to keep pace with City, Chelsea, ....

May be if the workers here help by 'donating' 20k, 10k, 5k, we might just be helping a friend to start a business. But I honestly don't know what business can be started with a 100k or 200k. May be a car wash or salon or a view centre.

Just suggesting for now.

More like dopejemi is saying he needs a job or the capital to start a small business, although he doesn't knw what business.

Reports: Gaal turn attention to Fredy Guarin, after Vidal.....

chrisley024: Naah. Moyes was after Fabregas, Bale and Ronaldo and peeps were blaming Woodhead.

We don't need trial and error players now. We have enough of them including youth.

It's very clear we need experience.

Gbam!

We need experienced men.