Welcome to Manchester Angel Di Maria! Multiple sources are reporting that a British record £59.7 million deal has been agreed between Manchester United and Real Madrid, two of the biggest, richest, most famous clubs in the world. Di Maria will have his Man United medical this morning and will be unveiled following their match versus MK Dons.
First images of Angel Di Maria as a member of United:
According to the BBC:
He could make his debut away to Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday.
The fee will eclipse the £50m Chelsea paid Liverpool for striker Fernando Torres in 2011.
United last broke the British transfer record when they paid Leeds £29.1m for Rio Ferdinand in 2002.
With Angel Di Maria now secured, Ed Woodward, Louis van Gaal and company will now turn their attention to Arturo Vidal. Angel is their fourth signing, joining Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw and Marcos Rojo. So it’s ended up being quite a big summer spending spree.
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