PSG star, Angel Di Maria has boldly uncovered that he ‘didn’t give a f*ck about the Manchester United No 7’ in the wake of being given the jersey at Old Trafford somewhere in 2014, a notorious Jersey number that has been worn by the semblance of George Best, Cristiano Ronaldo and Eric Cantona, just to mention a few.
Di Maria made a whopping £59.7 million ($82m) move from Real Madrid to Man United, creating bounty exhibition however flopped gravely, thereby exiting the club to join the French side the following year.
Di Maria presently asserts his then manager at Manchester United, Louis van Gaal is the primary justification for his flop in English football. Di Maria was offered to Real Madrid which was then managed by Jose Mourinho in 2010 and scored 26 goals under Mourinho as the Blancos won La Liga and Copa del Rey honors.
This is what Di Maria had to say in an interview with TyC Sports:
”I didn’t give a f*ck about the Manchester United No.7, at first they talked to me a lot about it, it was just a shirt.
My problem at Manchester United was the coach. Van Gaal was the worst of my career. I would score, assist, and the next day he would show me my misplaced passes. He displaced me from one day to the other, he didn’t like players being more than him”.
Meanwhile, report picked up by our outfit indicates that Manchester United have affirmed Cristiano Ronaldo will wear the notable No 7 shirt in the wake of making a passionate return to Old Trafford.
Edinson Cavani, who wore the shirt last season, will currently change to the No 21 shirt left by Dan James, who joined Leeds in a £30 million deal somewhere last week.
Manchester United affirmed the striker’s return for his old jersey number in the wake of being given consent from the Premier League.
Ronaldo’s return was at last affirmed on Tuesday, August 31, with the former Real Madrid playmaker finishing his sensational move from Juventus and turning into a United player for the second time.
Indeed, the No 7 shirt has a rich history at Old Trafford with quite a number of top sensational footballers, from the semblance of George Best, Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona, and David Beckham all wearing it.
